Mr. Khadim Hussain Wattoo

Punjab Minister for Zakat & Ushr, Khadim Hussain Wattoo told a meeting held to review the updated position of Zakat disbursement among ,mustahqeen' in the province in his office here Wednesday, says a handout.

Giving details, he said the funds were allocated on the basis of population of the provinces, Punjab getting 57.36 percent share, Sindh 23.71 percent, NWFP 13.82 percent, Baluchistan 5.11 percent, Northern Areas 0.75 percent in a lumpsum and ICT with a percentage of 0.63 percent lumpsum.

State Minister for Housing and Works, Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai, Provincial Public Health Engineering Minister Sardar Hassan Akhtar Moakil, Provincial Zakat and Ushar Minister Khadim Hussain Wattoo, Punjab Prisons Minister Saeed Akbar Niwani, Punjab Housing Minister Raza Ali Gillani, MNAs Tahir Bashir Cheema, Ali Akbar, Bahawalnagar District Nazim Mian Mumtaz Ahmed Mityana, Kasur PML District President Sardar Tofail Ahmed Khan, Bahawalnagar PML District President Mian Mazhar Abbas, DCOs of these districts and tehsil nazims were also present.

The meeting was attended by 38 ministers as Zakat Minister Khadim Wattoo and Industries Minister Ajmal Cheema were not present.

It was attended among others by Punjab Zakat and Ushr Minister, Khadim Hussain Wattoo, Advisor to Chief Minister, Mowahid Hussain Shah, Chairman Muslim Commercial Bank, Mian Muhammad Mansha, leading businessmen- Seth Abid Hussain and Yawar Irfan Khan, bankers and senior officials.

Mr. Khadim Hussain WattooMinister for Zakat & Ushr