Pakistan committee meets today to sight Ramadan moon

KARACHI: A newly formed Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet on Thursday to sight crescent for fasting month of Ramzan.

The meeting will take place at the Met Office in Karachi with Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman in the chair.

According to the spokesperson, Islamabad’s zonal committee will hold a meeting at the Kohsar Complex.

For the first time, 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.