SpecialClerics say will work with science ministry to end Pakistani ‘moon sighting’ controversy
- Newly-appointed chairman of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee agrees for first time to use scientific data to determine position of the moon, which faces an annual dispute
- Minister for science Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has drawn the ire of conservative clerics in recent years over his calls for a science-based lunar calendar