Moon-sighting App, Islamic calendar prepared: Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said that his ministry has prepared Lunar Calendar (Islamic Calendar) and the moon-sighting App.In his message here Monday, Fawad Chaudhry said “Islamic calendar and moon-sighting mobile App has been forwarded to Council of Islamic Ideology (CII).”He also urged the CII to brief Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, Shahab-din-Popalzai and other religious scholars over it.The minister said Council of Islamic Ideology will convene a meeting, where officials of Science and Technology will give a briefing after that the matter will be forwarded to the federal cabinet.He said we will move ahead as per the decision of the cabinet over the matter.

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