Annual zakat fund increased to 6b in Punjab, PA told.

LAHORE -- Punjab Minister for Zakat and Ushr Shaukat Laleka on Friday said that annual zakat fund had been increased to six billion rupees from four billion rupees in Punjab.

He was responding to a question during the Punjab Assembly session with Panel of Chairman Mian Shafee in the chair, which started one hour and 53 minutes behind its scheduled time. He said that Zakat committees in Punjab would be formed after the publication of new census. The minister said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government not only increased zakat fund but also enhanced 'Guzara' allowance to Rs 170,000. Regarding regularization of contractual employees, he said that Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar had formed a committee led by Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat to submit...