Zakat

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