Committee set-up to decide 10-year lunar calendar for Eid, Ramadan: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sunday said a five-member committee had been constituted to prepare a ten-year calendar for Muharram, Eids and Ramadan to end dispute arising from sighting of crescent.

In a tweet on Sunday, the lunar calendar would be promulgated in the country after getting federal cabinet’s approval.

#StatementOnMoonSight pic.twitter.com/o8u4G2ItkF

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) 5 May 2019

He said the committee would consist of members from Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Meteorological Department and Science and Technology and they would start working from next week.