Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday

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Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday

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Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meeting has announced that Eid ul Fitr would be celebrated on Monday.

18 August,2012 08:40 pm

The aforesaid committee held its central meeting and tried to sight the moon but no reliable evidence could be received from any part of the country.While making an announcement, Chairman Hilal Committee Pakistan Mufti Muneeb said that they held a meeting in Karachi in consultation with other religious scholars including Agha Gohar Ali, Allama Muhammad Ghazi, Maulana Syed Khalid Mehmood and others.The other pariticipants were Mustif Sabir Hussain, Maulana Naeem, Maulana Ferozuddin Rehman, Pak Navy commander, Professor Karachi University.Chief Metrologist provided every kind of assistance to facilitate the committee.He said taht the Committee’s regional members also said that they could not sight the moon of Eid; so the Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Monday dated August, he concluded.He also appealed to the nation and religious schools of thoughts that the country is confronted with challenging crises. So it is duty of the religious leadership to avoid taking such steps as to trap the nation with new problems.He also said that nobody should make state within the state for his or her vested interests. He also prayed for security and survival of the country with the emphasis that the nation should be united for stability of the motherland.Provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced to celebrate the Eid with masses.Senior Provincial minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour is of the view that central Ruet Hilal Committee has not consulted us regarding moon sighting decision, adding that the central committee doesn’t agree to stand by us in this regard.Experts have expressed their regret over strange behavior of clerics who have divided the nation without keeping in view the very consequences of their decisions.Renowned experts Muhammad Hanif and Javed Iqbal have made it clear that crescent was not visible in the region of South Asia including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.