On Wednesday, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that the sighting of the moon for Shawwal month today is impossible.
He said that the Shawwal crescent could not be sighted today as the age of the moon in Pakistan is 13 hours and 42 minutes at this time. While criticising those stirring controversy over moon sighting, Chaudhry said that the people have an option who wanted to celebrate Eidul Fitr with Saudi Arabia.
اس وقت چاند کی عمر پاکستان میں 13 گھنٹے 42 منٹ ہے لہذا چاند کا آج نظر آنا ممکن ہی نہیں جن حضرات نے عید سعودیہ کے ساتھ منانی ہے یہ ان کی آپشن ہے لیکن جھوٹ بول کر ماہ مقدس کا اختتام کرنا کہاں کی عقلمندی ہو گی، سیدھا کہیں کہ ہمیں عید افغانستان یا سعودیہ کے مطابق منانی ہے۔۔
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 12, 2021
He censured how the people would justify themselves by concluding the holy month Ramazan after telling lies to the people.
He further said that they should openly publicise their opinion about their willingness to celebrate Eidul Fitr with Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
It is to be noted that Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Qatar will be celebrating Eid ul Fitr tomorrow (Thursday).
