{"id":63592,"date":"2020-04-04T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63592"},"modified":"2020-04-03T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T09:22:57","slug":"punjab-govt-releases-zakat-funds-amid-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-releases-zakat-funds-amid-coronavirus.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt releases Zakat funds amid coronavirus lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Zakat and Ushr Department has released Zakat funds worth over PKR 1.45 billion; further stating that it will distribute the amount among deserving citizens who have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-disburse-pkr-600m-zakat-funds-among-registered-families.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh govt to disburse PKR 600m in Zakat funds among registered families (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt to disburse PKR 600m in Zakat funds among registered families<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Minister for Zakat\nand Ushr Shoukat Ali Laleka expressed his views on the matter during a meeting\nheld on Thursday. He said that the funds were distributed via \u2018Telenor Easy\nPaisa\u2019 to 160,000 individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further stated that out of the total amount, PKR 700 million were provided by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-cm-shares-details-insaf-imdad-package-daily-wagers-heres-how-to-apply.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" provincial government (opens in a new tab)\"> provincial government<\/a>, while the remaining were sanctioned by the Zakat and Ushr Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-adb-approves-additional-usd-2-mn-grant-pakistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: ADB approves additional USD 2 mn grant for Pakistan (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19: ADB approves additional USD 2 mn grant for Pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Shoukat said that\nPKR 9,000 were offered to individuals, while PKR 12,000 were offered to differently-abled\nindividuals to help them survive these tough times. He said that the low-income\nhouseholds will be able to receive the entire amount form Easy Paisa outlets\nwithout any service charges deductions, as Zakat department has paid the\nservice charges from the provincial account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Zakat and Ushr Department has released Zakat funds worth over PKR 1.45 billion; further stating that it will distribute the amount among deserving citizens who have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, a news source reported. Read: Sindh govt to disburse PKR 600m in Zakat funds among registered families Punjab Minister for Zakat and Ushr Shoukat Ali Laleka expressed his views on the matter during a meeting held on Thursday. He said that the funds were distributed via \u2018Telenor Easy Paisa\u2019 to 160,000 individuals. He further stated that out of the total amount, PKR 700 million were provided by the provincial government, while the remaining were sanctioned by the Zakat and Ushr Council. Read: COVID-19: ADB approves additional USD 2 mn grant for Pakistan Minister Shoukat said that PKR 9,000 were offered to individuals, while PKR 12,000 were offered to differently-abled individuals to help them survive these tough times. He said that the low-income households will be able to receive the entire amount form Easy Paisa outlets without any service charges deductions, as Zakat department has paid the service charges from the provincial account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[25076,25077],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-punjab-govt-releases-zakat-funds-amid-coronavirus-lockdown","9":"tag-zakat-and-ushr-department","10":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt releases Zakat funds amid coronavirus - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zakat and Ushr Department has released Zakat funds worth over PKR 1.45 billion; 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