Moon sighting: Fawad Chaudhry announces to open 66 MET sites for public
Fawad Chuadhry tweeted the list of all 66 MET sites for public to witness the moon themselves as he showed determination for people to use the scientific facilities.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Monday announced to open all 66 sites of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) for public to sight the Shawwal moon.
All 66 sites of MET will be open for public for moon sighting, some facilities are very modern others are basic but we ll make sure this time people themselve see moon and trust Science and modern technology more than few individuals. pic.twitter.com/k664ci7PoX
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 3, 2019
Fawad Chuadhry tweeted the list of all 66 MET sites for public to witness the moon themselves as he showed determination for people to use the scientific facilities.
Minister of Science and Technology expressed that few of the facilities are modern whereas others are basics but they want to assure that people trust science and modern technology now rather than few individuals.
The Met Office has said that the moon will remain on the horizon for one hour after the sunset on June 4, and moon sighting is expected on Tuesday across the country including Peshawar.
The Ruat-e-Hilal Committee headed by chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman will meet at the PMD office tomorrow in Karachi for moon sighting.
