Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, has announced that his next task after the lunar calendar will be to replace debit cards with a mobile phone payment system.
“After the successful launch of the lunar calendar, my next challenge is to replace credit cards and debit cards with mobile phone payments,” the minister said in a tweet on Monday morning, adding that it was necessary for the technological advancement of the country.
Fawad further said,
In the next few months you will be able to make all your payments through your mobile from your bus ticket to purchasing a new car.
The announcement came just a day after he launched Pakistan’s first official moonsighting website and Islamic Calendar on Sunday.
The website named, ‘Moon Sighting Pakistan’ not only contains a day-to-day five-year Islamic calendar next to the dates from Georgian calendar but it also lets people check the position of the moon.
It also includes scientifically determined dates for all significant Islamic festivals/days for the ongoing and coming years.