Muneeb-ur-Rehman

In 1998, Government of Pakistan appointed him chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. He served for approximately 22 years as chairman and removed from his office on 30 December 2020. He is also considered as the Grand Mufti Of Pakistan by Barelvi Sunnis.

Muneeb-ur-Rehman is a member of the Board of Studies of Federal Urdu University and Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi. He was a member of the Pakistani delegation which visited the UK in February - March 2006 to gain firsthand knowledge as to how Madrassas and Islamic schools operate within a state-regulated system in the UK. He has also attended a number of international conferences in the USA, UK, Norway, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and so many other countries.

In December 1999, Mohammed Yousuf Qureshi, a member of the committee from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, accused Muneeb-ur-Rehman and others of distrusting testimonies from his home province to make a hasty announcement that the new moon had not been sighted anywhere in the country. Peshawar has always remained a controversial place when it comes to moon sightings.

Muḥammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman (Urdu: محمد منیب الرحمٰن Munīb-ur-Rehmān; born (1945-02-08)8 February 1945) is a Pakistani Mufti and former chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. He is a professor at Jinnah University for Women, Member of National Academic Council of Institute of Policy Studies, Head of Shariah Board of Burj Bank and President of Tanzeem-ul-Madaris and Darul Uloom Naeemia, Karachi.

Muneeb-ur-Rehman was born on 8 February 1945 in a Gujjar family of Mansehra, NWFP, British Raj. He completed his Masters in Islamic Studies. Besides gaining a Bachelor in Law and Education degree, he also received education in Arabic Languages. He completed a master's degree from Darul Uloom Amjadia.