Ruet-e-Hilal Committee

Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
مرکزی رویتِ ہلال کمیٹی; Markazi Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
Established	1974
Type	Government agency
Headquarters	Karachi, Pakistan
Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony	Aniq Ahmed
Chairman	Abdul Khabeer Azad
Parent organization	Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony

Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee (Urdu: مرکزی رویتِ ہلال کمیٹی) of Pakistan is the department which announces the sighting of the new moon. Its head is now Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad assisted by 150 observatories of the Pakistan Meteorological Department.

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