Eid to fall on May 24: Fawad Chaudhry

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry saud that Eid-ul-Fitr would fall on May 24 in many countries including Pakistan.

Appearing in a TV programme, Fawad said this year Eid will be celebrated across the country on May 24 according to the calendar prepared by the science ministry, .

The minister said the interesting thing is that the festival will be celebrated on the same day in almost all parts of the world along with Pakistan, including Indonesia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

A meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee has been convened on Saturday, May 23 for Shawwal moon sighting in Karachi.

Chaudhry once again demanded to remove the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Thursday.

The minister said that the EidulFitr would fall on Sunday (May 24) and demanded for abolition of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.

“There is no need for such a committee in this modern era, he said while criticizing the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.

The committee, which is headed by Mufti Muneebur Rehman, wants Eid to fall on Monday, May 25 instead of Sunday,” he said. “I will reveal motives of the committee behind such a move during a press conference tomorrow,” he added.

Last year, the minister proposed that a scientific committee should replace the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee for sighting of the moon.

Last year, Fawad Chaudhry said that his ministry prepared a lunar calendar for the next five years having details from Year 2019 to 2024.