Nation celebrates Eid amid moon-sighting controversy
Controversy revisited: Shawwal moon sighted finally
May 13, 2021
LAHORE: The moon-sighting controversy is far from over in Pakistan on every Eid and this year too the nation is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr amid controversy over moon-sighting at late Wednesday night.
The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee meeting in Islamabad lasted more than four hours late on Wednesday night and at 11:30pm, announcement was made about the sighting of moon for the month of Shawwal. The committee announced that Eidul Fitr will be celebrated across Pakistan on Thursday. The meeting presided over by committee chairman Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, while representatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Meteorological Department were also in attendance.
Yes, it’s Eid today
Mufti Popalzai enjoys his writ, at least on moon sighting matters, in much of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province
May 13, 2021
In a pattern similar to the previous year, it took several hours after the sunset for the Central Reut-e-Hilal Committee to announce that the crescent for Eid-ul Fitr had been sighted and that the biggest Muslim festival would be celebrated in Pakistan on Thursday i.e. today. The unusually delayed decision followed an announcement by Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai who heads a private moon-sighting committee based at Peshawar’s historic Majid-e-Qasim that on the basis of as many as 189 evidences of moon-sighting received from Mardan, Charsadda and Peshawar, Eid would be celebrated in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday.
Shawwal moon sighted, Eid Al Fitr to be observed across Pakistan on Thursday
12 May 2021 Maulana Azad uses telescopes to look for the position of the Shawwal moon in Islamabad.
The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee late on Wednesday announced the sighting of moon for the month of Shawwal, saying Eid Al Fitr will be celebrated across Pakistan on Thursday (May 13). The development came after a meeting took place in Islamabad at the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony with RHC Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad in the chair.
Separate meetings of zonal and district Ruet committees were also held at their respective regional headquarters.