Lunar calendar prepared for moon sightings

Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry has said that his ministry has prepared Lunar Calendar (Islamic Calendar) and the moon-sighting app.

In his message on Monday, Fawad Chaudhry said “Islamic Calender and moon-sighting app has been forwarded to Council of Islamic Ideology (CII).”

He also urged the CII to brief the Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, Shahab-din-Popalzai and other religious scholars over it.

The minister said Council of Islamic Ideology will convene a meeting, where officials of Science and Technology will give a briefing after that the matter will be forwarded to the federal cabinet.