THE moon sighting controversy just fails to go away. Since far back as the 1960s, moons-sighting has been contentious. It is ironic that we never scan the skies for ‘sun sightings’ to determine sehri, iftar and prayer timings, and rely on printed tables for cities provided by the meteorological department.
We should likewise rely on the moon-rise calculations of the same department for this time zone (meridian 75°E).
The controversy is mostly for the first of Shawwal and sometimes for Ramazan. These are the only two occasions on which the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee is active. Why is there no controversy in the remaining 10 months?
FBR نے فیٹف کی شرائط پر عمل درآمد مکمل کر لیا
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فیٹف کے آگے ہتھیار ڈال دیئے گئے
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