In Kashmir, the festivity that usually accompanies Ramadhan is missing. For thousands of Muslims in the earthquake zone, all they will have to break the fast is a single date and a little water.
This is the only meal of the day.
Roads are still blocked and many areas remain inaccessible to the outside world – no one knows how people in the remote villages are surviving.
With their houses lying in ruins they sustain themselves on whatever little they have.
Yet, with all that they have lost, people continue to observe the fast. These are determined people, and Ramadhan has not lost its significance on them.
Rawalakot
The small city of Rawalakot was badly hit by the earthquake. Many of the buildings here collapsed, others are damaged and unsafe to use. IR aid workers are active in Rawalakot and the villages surrounding it, distributing aid to survivors.
In Rawalakot, I meet mother of six, Saira Khatum. She stands next to what looks like a huge pile of mud.
Then I am told that this was once her house. She begins pointing to where certain rooms once stood. The destruction is so complete that it doesn't look like a house ever stood here.
She now sleeps with her family in the open.
She said: "We sleep outside and it is a struggle – everyone has suffered in this area. It is very cold and it is going to get colder.
"With whatever little we have we faithfully keep our fasts."
Muhammed Kiyani sleeps out in the open with his six children
And just behind her house is the home of Muhammed Kiyani, he and is family of six children also sleep out in the open.
He said: "Everybody is in this state. We need help to rebuild these houses. We have nothing left."
IR staff will be distributing tents and other aid to this village, and many others like it.
It seems that no matter where I travel in Pakistan-administered Kashmir there are signs of the terrible event that took place here on Saturday October 8th 2005.
But the spirit of Ramadhan has not deserted the people and they are determined to benefit as much as they can from the month of blessing.
Report by Jamsheed Din, Islamic Relief correspondent in Pakistan.