Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad has been appointed as chairman of the Ruet-e-Hilal committee.
According to a notification by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Moulana Abdul Khabir Azad will now head the committee.
He has replaced Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman.
The 19-member committee itself has also been reconstituted, said the notification. Dr Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Allama Muhammad Hussain Akbar, Moulana Fazal-ur-Rahim, Dr Yaseen Zafar, Mufti Muhammad Iqbal Chishti, Dr Mufti Ali Asghar, Mufti Faisal Ahmed, Syed Ali Karar Naqvi, and Mufti Yousaf Kashmiri have been appointed as members of the committee.