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Zakat Council
Organization responsible for collecting and distributing Islamic taxes in Pakistan
Zakat Councils are responsible for collecting and distributing the Islamic taxes known as Zakat and Ushr in Pakistan.
The councils are overseen by the Ministry of Religious Affairs. In Pakistan, the system of compulsory collection and distribution of Zakat and Ushr began in 1980,[1] with an ordinance decreed by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq calling for a 2.5% annual deduction from personal bank accounts on the first day of Ramadan, with the revenue to be used for poverty relief.[2][3]
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[edit]Zakat
[edit]Zakāt (Arabic: زكاة "that which purifies"[4]), is the giving of a fixed portion of one's wealth to needy people, and is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
(Zakat purifies the wealth of a Muslim, (according to SurahAt-Tawba, Ayat 60 in the Quran[5]), and several a hadith.)
In Pakistan Zakat is levied on sahib-e-nisab, i.e. a person who owns or possesses assets liable to Zakat under Shariah equal to or more t
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