Report tabled on regulation of charities

Report on the bill to regulate charities in the federal capital was tabled in the National Assembly on Friday.

Standing Committee on Interior Chairman Raja Khurram Nawaz presented the report on the Bill to Regulate the Registration, Regulation, and Facilitation of Charities in the Islamabad Capital Territory.

The Islamabad Capital Territory Charities Registration, Regulation and Facilitation Bill, 2020 proposes to bring philanthropic donations under the official radar to avoid diversion of funds to non-state actors.

It will monitor the charities and ensure that funds are not utilised by the non-state actors.

The bill suggests that there shall be a body established to be known as charities registration authority which shall appropriately be manned and headed by a director appointed or designated in a prescribed manner for the performance of such functions as assigned under the rules and regulations of the Act.

The registration authority will be responsible for functions, namely, register, regulate, monitor and control charities and perform such other functions as entrusted under this Act and as are assigned to it in the prescribed manner.

The authority will be responsible for promoting philanthropic, public welfare and charitable activities which are in accordance with the law and international obligations aimed at ensuring safer charities and donations.