Provincial Zakat and Ushr Minister Malik Nadeem Kamran on Wednesday said that stern disciplinary and legal action would be taken against the Zakat Committees officers’ who withdrew money without observing the official procedure while presiding over a departmental meeting in his office.
He directed all district Zakat officers to check their concerned Zakat Committees’ accounts and report to him within a week.
Punjab Zakat Administrator Muhammad Yousaf Butt and other concerned officers were also present.
The minister said that he had received complaints from various districts that Zakat funds were not being distributed among deserving people. He said that the transparent distribution of Zakat to the needy is the official, religious and moral responsibility of all district Zakat officers and chairmen of Zakat committees.
He urged the officers to follow the code of procedure and ensure proper funds distribution through designated banks, adding that all district Zakat officers should attach a copy of the relevant bank statement with their report regarding this matter.
