LAHORE: The Punjab
Zakat & Usher Council has given the approval to release Rs.
LAHORE -- The Punjab
Zakat and Usher Council has given the approval to release Rs.
LAHORE -- The Punjab
Zakat and Ushr Council Thursday approved the release of over Rs 29.7 million in the head of Scholarship
Zakat Fund among 6,682 students of 62 religious Madaris of Mianwali, Gujranwala, Khanewal, Kasur, Rajanpur, Lahore and Sialkot districts.
Zakat agencies need to step forward not only by providing financial and food aid but also to help raise the education of Asnaf (hardcore poor) children through the distribution of books, Education Minister Maszlee Malik said.
People maintaining a minimum of Rs44,415 balance in savings, profit and loss sharing or similar bank accounts in Pakistan on the first day of Ramazan will be liable to pay 2.5percent
Zakat on the total balance, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on Friday.
KARACHI -- People maintaining a minimum of Rs44,415 balance in savings, profit and loss sharing or similar bank accounts in Pakistan on the first day of Ramazan will be liable to pay 2.5%
Zakat on the total balance, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on Friday.
KARACHI -- The State Bank of Pakistan has fixed the Nisab for
Zakat deduction on bank accounts at Rs44,415 for the ongoing year.
To be liable for
Zakat, which is one of the five pillars of Islam, one's wealth must amount to more than a threshold figure, which is called 'Nisab'.
Summary: Report says globally Muslims give $76 billion in '
zakat'
KARACHI -- The Sindh Assembly was informed on Wednesday that over Rs890 million out of the approved budget of the provincial
Zakat fund had been disbursed among the needy people as first instalment during the fiscal year 2018-19.
Over the years,
zakat institutions in most Muslim countries have recorded a low amount of
zakat collection in comparison to the income tax collection.
Le montant global officiel de la collecte de la
zakat pour lae1/4aoannUu[c]e 1439 de lae1/4aohUu[c]gire (2018) a atteint 1,456 milliard de dinars, a annoncUu[c] le ministre des Affaires religieuses et des Wakfs, Mohamed AUuissa.