ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry saidthat according to the lunar calendar, Eid will be on June 5 (Wednesday) inPakistan.
While talking to newsmen, the federal minister said that the Eid moon willlikely be sighted on the 29th fast (June 4).
Fawad Chaudhry said that the lunar calendar has been sent to the Council ofIslamic Ideology (CII).
He said that he has requested the CII to brief Shahab-uddin Popalzai andMufti Muneebur Rehman in this regard.
Fawad Chaudhry said that Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere ResearchCommission (SUPARCO) and Department of Meteorology (MeT) participated inthe making of the calendar.
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Earlier on Monday in a statement, the Ministry of Science and Technologyissued the calendar this Ramazan to end the controversy regarding thesighting of the moon after the ministry’s experts prepared first-everscientific lunar Calendar to decide the start of Islamic months five yearsin advance.
The calendar was prepared on the directive of Minister for Science andTechnology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain and it had been prepared for the nextfive years and would be revised, accordingly.
According to the ministry, Fawad Hussain had contacted the Council ofIslamic Ideology Chairman and apprised him about the development.
