PPI Original Text (PPI-OT) – Zakat Department and Nadra Signs accord To Disburse Guzara Allowance To 85,000 Mustaqeen

Karachi, May 10, 2012 (PPI-OT): A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Zakat and Ushr Department and NADRA here today. Syed Abid Ali Shah, Secretary Zakat and Ushr Department and Brigadier ® Zahid Hussain, Director General Sindh signed the Memorandum respectively on behalf of their respective organizations. Mr. Muhammad Sajid Jokhio, Minister Zakat and Ushr and Justice ® Zahid Qurban Alvi, Chairman Sindh Zakat Council also witnessed the event.

Under the Memorandum of understanding (MoU), the Guzara Allowance shall now be paid to around 85,000 identified beneficiaries through “Benazir Muawinat Card”. Each beneficiary shall receive Rs. 3,000/- (At the rate of Rs. 500/- per month) every six months through NADRA’s E-Sahulat Centers by going through a process of bio-metric identification.

Minister Zakat Sajid Jokhio said that the change in the disbursement of Guzara Allowance will shift the system of Zakat disbursement towards complete transparency .He added that annually around Rs. 500.00 million out of Zakat budget shall be disbursed through the new mode.

For more information, contact:
Information and Archives Department
Directorate of Press Information
Government of Sindh
95-Sindh Secretariat 4-B, Karachi
Tel: +9221 9920 4423

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