Zakat

Beneficiaries breathe sigh of relief as funds roll in for sustenance

Zakat beneficiaries have been deprived of cash handouts for the past 10 months

Estimate shows zakat worth Rs2,743b, or 4% of GDP, can be collected annually

Paucity of funds leaves the destitute in the lurch

Families start receiving charity after 14-month hiatus

K-P to contact poll supervisor for constitution of zakat council

Banks will deduct 2.5% of amount in bank accounts as zakat on 1st Ramazan

District Zakat Committee chairman Ghulam Hasan Khan has also left his position upon completion of his term

Over 10,000 deserving families waiting for funds since April

Overall financial assistance is low as it is distributed proportionate to population instead of poverty rate

Former PTI government gave Rs12,000 on Eidul Azha, Eidul Fitr

False claim is based on a viral picture of minister Murad Saeed attending ceremony held at Saudi Embassy in Islamabad

Over 75 percent of cancer patients receive treatment free of charge at the SKMT

Philanthropists, charities provide rations to less fortunate during holy month

What makes this case so painful is that the money being stolen is literally meant for charity

Submits report in apex court in reply to AGP’s findings

Banks will deduct zakat from accounts on first Ramazan

Rs2b Zakat fund to cover 119,000 families in Balochistan

The federation is in charge of zakat collection as per the decision taken by the Council of Common Interests in 2012

In view of the present situation, it is better to distribute zakat earlier than usual, says the religious body

Population of Bajaur is 1.1 million and as many as 1.7 million domiciles have been made there in the past 15 years

The tragedy is that zakat has been converted into a voluntary payment in this country

PTI leaders pushing to get their people appointed as heads of zakat, market, price control committees

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Zakat for Muslims and taxes (as the law of the land) are mandatory for us to pay as citizens

Banks will not deduct Zakat from accounts having lower balance

Will be deducted on first day of Ramazan

Cheques worth Rs 5.53 million from Zakat funds were given to 295 applicants of Jahez grant and social rehabilitation

Assembly adopts resolution against federal govt’s 'delaying tactics'

Summary for release of funds to provinces pending with PM House since July

New mechanism would ensure early provision of financial assistance to deserving families, said minister

Justice (retd) Zahid Alvi defied orders to utilise zakat for higher education of the poor

Only 2% of the country's residents are aware their charity donation may be used to fund militant activities

Charity has the potential to depoliticise the suffering of the poor

Zakat deduction by the bank hovered between Rs3.5b and Rs5.3b between 2013 and 2015

Rangers advise the residents of Karachi to make sure their donations not go to banned outfits

Citizens urged to ensure they don't give money to political parties' militant wings or militant and sectarian outfits

The party leaders urged army chief General Raheel Sharif to arrest such elements

Zakat will be deducted from savings accounts having credit balance of over Rs35,557 on first of Ramazan

Zakat and Usher District Chairman Nazir Hussain Bajwa was also present on the occasion

Rs20.42 million approved for general education scholarships