A newly formed Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet today to sight the moon for Ramadan 2020.
The meeting of the committee will be held at the Met Office in Karachi with Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman in the chair. A spokesperson had earlier said the meetings of the zonal committees will take place at the provincial headquarters.
According to the spokesperson, Islamabad’s zonal committee will hold a meeting at the Kohsar complex.
The moon sighting bodies in Saudi Arabia and the UAE will also meet today to decide the first day of holy month.
Meanwhile, Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai of Peshawar’s Qasim Ali Khan Mosque has also announced that their local committee would meet today for the moon sighting.
Every year, Mufti Shahabuddin holds separate meetings for Ramadan and Shawwal moons and make independent decisions, which are most of the times contradictory to official announcements.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department said on Thursday that moon of Ramadan was born on at 07:26 PST.
The MET office added that the new moon will not be sighted today.
Member from science ministry included in committee
For the first time in history, a member of the Ministry of Science and Technology has been included in the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.
Dr Tariq Masood, the joint secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology, has been appointed to the committee as a technical expert, according to a notification.
“Dr Tariq Masood, Joint Secretary M/O Science & Technology is appointed as member (technical expert) in the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee with Immediate effect until further orders,” read the notification.
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter to express his happiness at the decision. “For the first time in history of Pakistan, the Ministry of Science and Technology has been included in the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee,” he wrote.
“This is a step in the right direction. Religious events are based on unity and blessings and we want to move forward with the same sentiments.”
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