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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted an Iftar party here on Friday. Vice President Hamid Ansari, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, several foreign dignitaries and many political leaders were among those who attended the party. Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik, and several prominent Muslim religious leaders were also among the invitees. During the holy month of Ramadan Muslims observe a daylong fast without water and open it in the evening. The month-long dawn-to- dusk fast started on August 22, after the sighting of the new moon.