No 'lavish' moonsighting dinner for Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.

PESHAWAR -- Following a backlash received over a tender notice sent by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) Auqaf Department for a dinner arrangement of the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee's meeting for the Ramadan moonsighting, the relevant ministry withdrew it within hours.

'I am directed to refer to the subject noted above and to state that the minister has directed that the subject tender mentioned above is withdrawn immediately and further have asked for a detail report to be submitted within 12 hours,' a notification from KP Information Minister Mian Feroz Jamal Shah Kaka Khel read.

Shah, who also holds the portfolio of religious affairs and Auqaf, directed his ministry to ensure that it is "very cautious of the fact that austerity measures should be taken in all respects of expenditures spent from the public exchequer".

"The Ruet-e-Hilal Committee [members] is our most honourable guests and are welcomed. The invitation should be...

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