Moon sighting: Fawad Chaudhry forms committee to resolve controversy

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has announced that a committee has been constituted to finalize the Islamic calendar with exact dates of Islamic festive for the next five years.

He wrote on twitter on early Tuesday morning, he said that the committee was constituted to indicate the exact dates of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha and Moharram for the next five years with 100% accuracy.

According to details, the committee comprises Dr Muhammad Tariq Masood (Joint Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Science and Technology), Waqar Ahmad (Lecturer, Meteorology Department, CUI, Islamabad), Nadeem Faisal (Deputy Director, Meteorology Department), Abu Nasan (Deputy Director, Meteorology Department) and Ghulam Murtaza (DCM, SUPARCO, Islamabad).

While talking to private news channel on Monday, Chaudhry had said gathering of religious scholars just for the purpose of sighting moon burdens national exchequer and is synonymous to waste of public money. He said rather this should be done voluntarily.

The minister had added that why religious scholars are using 100 years old telescope for the purpose of moon sighting. He said whole matter revolves around setting and rising of sun and it is a scientific process.

The Frontier Post

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