Moon Sighting in -Pakistan

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Clerics 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

By AAMIR SAEED · 11 January 2021