ISLAMABAD: The government had forcibly sent Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai of Peshawar-based Masjid Qasim abroad just ahead of the Eidul Fitr in a bid to end the moon-sighting controversy, his colleague ...

PESHAWAR: The mysterious disappearance of a self-appointed head of the moon-sighting committee in Peshawar city has alarmed member clerics and generated a debate on social media about how witnesses ...

It could be said Qasim Ali Khan mosque in Peshawar has a unique relationship with the moon. Every 12 months (in the month of Ramazan), the moon seems to make an appearance which is seen by few. The ...

PESHAWAR: Two Eids will be observed yet again in Pakistan as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to stand by the Masjid Qasim Ali Khan’s announcement. “The provincial government announced to ...

PESHAWAR: Noted religious scholar and head of the unofficial Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of Qasim Ali Khan Mosque, Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai has said he has no objection to the launching of Islamic ...

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ensure that the holy month of Ramazan and Eidul Fitr are observed on the same day across the country, the ministry of religious affairs has sought a meeting with Mufti ...

“Had it been a democratically elected post Maulana Popalzai would have been out of a job!” “Don’t be facetious anyway he is widely regarded as a formidable member of the Ruet-e-Hilal committee whose ...