ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday replaced Mufti Muneebur Rehman with Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad as the new Ruet-e-Hilal Committee chairman.

Through a notification, the government also constituted a new committee comprising 19 members and its chairman.

The government has also appointed Dr Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Allama Muhammad Hussain Akbar, Maulana Fazlur Rahim, Dr Yaseen Zafar, Mufti Muhammad Iqbal Chishti, Dr Mufti Ali Asghar, Mufti Faisal Ahmed, Syed Ali Qarar Naqvi, Mufti Yousaf Kashmiri, Hafiz Abdul Ghafoor, Mufti Fazal Jameel Rizvi, Qari Mirullah, Sahibzada Habibullah Chishti, and Mufti Zamir Sajid as members of the committee.

The committee will also include representatives from the SUPARCO, the Meteorological Department, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

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