4147 MILLION PUNJAB ZAKAT BUDGET APPROVED
Lahore (PR) Provincial
Zakat Council Punjab has approved 4147.464 million rupees Zakat budget for
fiscal year 2016-17.The approval was accorded in 164th meeting of
provincial zakat council headed by its chairman
justice (R) Akhtar Hassan. Secretary Zakat and usher Muhammad Hassan
Iqbal, administrator zakat Muhammad Yousaf butt and council members Hafiz Fazal
Rahim Ashrafi, Hafiz Zubair Ahmad Zaheer, Muhammad Azhar Farooqui, Saeed Ahmed
Ansari and Muhtarma Tanveer Kausar attended the meeting.
Provincial zakat council has also
substantially increased monthly stipends for students of madrissas and
vocational institutions and Leprosy patients while per bed funds for District
and Tehsil Headquarters hospitals have also been enhanced. Moreover subsistence
allowance has also been increased owing to it numbers of beneficiaries would
enhance up to one lak 27 thousands from existing 95 thousands. Rs. one billion
58 crore 55 lak for subsistence allowance, one billion 2 crore for vocational
educational stipends, 30 crore for hospitals. 14 crore for Ramadan and Eid
grant, 12 crore 11 lak for general educational stipends, madrissas and health
care each, 9 crore for visually impaired persons, 6 cror for self-employment scheme, 4 cror for
social rehabilitation and Rs. 18 lak for patients of Leprosy have been
allocated in zakat budget 2016-17. These funds would be released to district
zakat committees, hospitals and other institutions in two installments.
Provincial zakat council has also increased the salary of zakat paid staff.
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