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Fawad Chaudhry wants Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to be abolished

Fawad

Federal Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has once again demanded for the dissolution of the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee He said Eidul Fitr will be on Sunday (May 24) but the Committee wants it to be on Monday. The Minister said he will hold a press conference on Friday to highlight all the necessary information. … Read more

Ramadan 2020: moon not sighted in Pakistan today

Ramadan Moon

KARACHI: Moon of Ramadan didn’t appear on today (April 23) in the country. Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee had a meeting in Karachi today to decide about sighting of the Moon for Ramazan-ul-Mubarak 1441 Hijri or otherwise. The Pakistan Meteorological Department said on Thursday (April 23) that moon of Ramadan was born on at 07:26 PST. MET … Read more

Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to meet tomorrow for Ramadan moon sighting

A meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, chaired by Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, would be held in Karachi on Thursday. The meeting will decide about sighting of the crescent of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak 1441 AH. Moreover, Supreme Court Saudi Arabia has called on all Muslims to sight the Ramadan crescent on Thursday evening, April 23. According to reports, the court … Read more

Reute-Hilal Committee to apologize over Safar moonsighting wrong info: Fawad

Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to apologize on wrong moonsighting for Safar

The moonsighting controversy in the country is not dying down anytime soon, in fact it has taken another leap ever since the science and technology ministry launched its own website for this purpose. Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday sought an apology from the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee for making a mistake in this … Read more

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt declares 1st Muharram as public holiday

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday announced public holiday on first Muharram in connection with the martyrdom of the second caliph Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA). According to details, public holiday has been announced on martyrdom day of Umar (R.A), who was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs in history. He became the … Read more

Zil Hajj moon sighted, Eid to be on 12th August

Eid-ul-Adha moon sighted in Pakistan.

The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee met with Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman in the chair to sight the moon of Zil-Hijja here on Friday. The moon for Eid-ul-Adha 2019 has been sighted in Pakistan. As per the announcement, Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated on 12th August all over the country. The moon for Eid-ul-Adha was sighted in Saudi Arabia on … Read more