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Zakat beneficiaries have been deprived of cash handouts for the past 10 months
Estimate shows zakat worth Rs2,743b, or 4% of GDP, can be collected annually
Paucity of funds leaves the destitute in the lurch
Families start receiving charity after 14-month hiatus
K-P to contact poll supervisor for constitution of zakat council
Banks will deduct 2.5% of amount in bank accounts as zakat on 1st Ramazan
District Zakat Committee chairman Ghulam Hasan Khan has also left his position upon completion of his term
Over 10,000 deserving families waiting for funds since April
Overall financial assistance is low as it is distributed proportionate to population instead of poverty rate
Former PTI government gave Rs12,000 on Eidul Azha, Eidul Fitr