Religi­ous affair­s minist­ry insist­s Eidul Fitr moon would be announ­ced by Ruet-e-Hilal Commit­teeISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Science and Technology has consulted the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) over the five-year lunar calendar prepared on the directives of Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry. The calendar was prepared to end the moon-sighting controversy by experts of a scientific committee formed by the government in this regard. The committee’s meeting has been scheduled for June 4 in Karachi, which would be chaired by Mufti Muneebur Rehman, Express News reported. He also promised to prepare the lunar calendar before the start of Ramazan this year. “We are inviting Maulana Muneebur Rehman and Shahabuddin Popalzai to come and witness how the moon cycle works … and see for themselves how easy science has made to predict the lunar calendar.

Source: The Express Tribune May 21, 2019 17:26 UTC