THE anger expressed by some letter writers regarding the controversial moon-sighting announcements by the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee particularly regarding Ramazan and Eid-ul-Fitr is justified.

This phenomenon is not new to Pakistan. Since my childhood, I have watched the Mufti Muneeb and Mufti Popalzai saga turn into a farce every year. I whole heartedly support the suggestion made in these columns to let Suparco decide this issue on a permanent basis as it is best qualified and equipped to handle this task.

One hopes next year the entire country begins Ramazan and celebrates Eid as one entity.

Asif Ali Khan

Karachi

Published in Dawn, June 23rd, 2018