ISLAMABAD – Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister for Science and Technologyclaimed today (May 21) that that *Eid-ul-Fitr* will be celebrated on Sunday(May 24).
According to the details, while speaking to a TV channel, the federalminister said that the calendar has been prepared by the ministry ofscience and technology, Eidlinkwillbe celebrated on May 24 in many countries including Pakistan.
Fawad Chaudhry also said that this year *Eid-ul-Fitr* will be celebrated onMay 24, 2020 in Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and other partsof the world.
The federal minister also retweeted a tweet on micro blogging website,Twitter.
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It is to be noted that a meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee willbe organized in Karachi on Saturday (May 23) for Shawwal moon sighting.
This isn’t the first time Chaudhry has locked horns with Pakistan’smoon-sighting committee. Last year, he announced that his ministry wouldmake an Islamic calendar with Eid, Ramazan and Muharram dates pre-decidedbefore the official announcement. In response, Mufti Muneebur Rehmanlink,the head of the Committee, told Chaudhry to mind his own business.
