Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai has announced to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday, May 24.
According to details, the non-governmental committee of Masjid Qasim Khan has announced to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on May 24 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Mufti Popalzai wrote in a post on social networking site Twitter that the 30th fast will be observed on Saturday (May 23).
A meeting of the local non-governmental Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was held under the chairmanship of Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai at Qasim Ali Khan Mosque to sight the Shawwal moon.
https://twitter.com/realpopalzai/status/1263873107103801344?s=20
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Earlier on May 21 Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister for Science and Technology said that that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Sunday (May 24).
While speaking to a TV channel, the federal minister said that the calendar has been prepared by the ministry of science and technology, Eid will be celebrated on May 24 in many countries including Pakistan.
https://t.co/1PGTvVLynC
*Step 1:* Download app*Step 2:* Select City and Month (Shawal)
*Step 3* Go to Navigation part and click on Search 🔎 option
*Step 4* Write Moon
*Step 5* Move your phone towards the direction of moon shown in App
*You will find the moon right there*
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 4, 2019
Fawad Chaudhry also said that this year Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on May 24, 2020 in Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and other parts of the world.
The federal minister also retweeted a tweet on micro blogging website, Twitter.
It is to be noted that a meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will be organized in Karachi on Saturday (May 23) for Shawwal moon sighting.
This isn’t the first time Chaudhry has locked horns with Pakistan’s moon-sighting committee. Last year, he announced that his ministry would make an Islamic calendar with Eid, Ramazan and Muharram dates pre-decided before the official announcement.
