Minister for Information KPK, Shaukat Yousafzai’s has opined in a video where he is seen suggesting the appointment of Mufti Popalzai as chairman of moon sighting committee, replacing Mufti Muneeb to end the controversial moon sighting issue.
The minister can be heard in the video saying: “Eid is celebrated on one day all over Pakistan except a distinct area of KPK, we should stop this from happening.”
“Mufti Popalzai has claimed moon sighting and his claims have proven true a few times, In my understanding Mufti Muneeb Ur Rehman should be rested for a while and Mufti Popalzai should be made the head of the moon sighting committee,” continued Yousafzai.
“I advise this so that Pakistan may have one Eid and begin and end religious occasions on an agreed day rather than having clashes and difference of opinion.”
Mufti Muneeb was taken on call for his opinion on the subject where he said: “Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai can’t be enrolled in the government but what can be done is that the government can be given under his control so that everything that faces delay in the regime can be done beforehand, 24 hours before the deadlines.”
“The stain that plagues the government at the moment of mismanagement. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project undertaken by the KP government should be given under the supervision of Mr. Poplazai so that it may be met with timely success,” said Mufti Muneeb with implied sarcasm.
