Zakat funds worth over Rs2.82 billion have been given to 36 districts of Punjab on the basis of population for the year 2010-11. Official sources said that the process of distribution of zakat funds was going on in 32 districts whereas in four districts zakat committees could not be formed. The date of utilisation period of zakat expired on June 30 but zakat council had extended the date till September 30 to facilitate the maximum number of deserving people, sources added.
The break-up of zakat funds under different heads is Rs1 billion for subsistence allowance, Rs36,760,800 for educational scholarships, over Rs160,000,000 for scholarships of students of religious institutions, Rs122,537,000 for patients treatment, Rs163,381,000 for marriage grant, Rs102,114,000 for special subsistence allowance on Eid-ul-Fitr, over Rs1,000,000 for patients in Ahatta Korian, Rawalpindi.
Rs2.82b zakat funds released
