Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) (Urdu: پاکستان بیت المال) is an autonomous charity organization which operates under the Prime Minister's Secretariat.[1][2][3]
پاکستان بیت المال | |
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| Abbreviation | PBM |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity organization |
| Location | |
Region served | Pakistan |
Parent organization | Government of Pakistan |
| Website | pbm |
History
editPakistan Bait-ul-Mal in February 1992 during the first Nawaz Sharif government.[1] The Bait-ul-Mal Act was signed into law by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1991.[1]
Funding
editIts funding sources include the Central Zakat Fund and federal government allocations.[1]
In the fiscal year 2013, the Bait-ul-Mal disbursed Rs 6,186.4 million to 147,361 beneficiaries. It also approved the creation of senior care homes known as Ehsaas Kadaa. In 2009 and 2010, it allocated Rs 635 million to assist internally displaced persons in Jalozai, Mardan, and Swabi during military operations in Malakand and Swat.[1]
Programs
editPakistan Bait-ul-Mal focuses on supporting widows, orphans, the disabled, students, and the elderly, providing financial aid such as Rs 25,000 per household with more than one disabled person.[1] It is also the sponsor of Benazir Income Support Programme. It also provides money to poor and deserving students of almost all universities of Pakistan.[3][4]
Sweet Homes
editThe Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal operates twelve Sweet Homes that function as both residences and schools for orphans. These facilities are situated in Attock, Kohat, Mansehra, Mardan, and Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Dipalpur, Gujrat, and Sargodha in Punjab; Karachi and Nawabshah in Sindh; Quetta and Zhob in Balochistan, Pakistan.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Candland, Christopher (2024). The Islamic Welfare State: Muslim Charity, Human Security, and Government Legitimacy in Pakistan. Cambridge University Press. p. 227. ISBN 9781009268417.
The Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal was established in 1992 during the first government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Government of Pakistan regards the Bait-ul-Mal as a response to the signing of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Unlike the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, which created the Zakat Committees and was promulgated by General Zia ul Haq in 1980, the Bait-ul-Mal is a body created through an act of parliament. President Ghulam Ishaq Khan signed the Bait-ul-Mal Act into law in 1991. The Bait-ul-Mal operates from within the Prime Minister's Secretariat as an autonomous body. The Bait-ul-Mal is financed from the Central Zakat Fund and from the central (federal) government.
- ^ Bakhtawar Mian (25 July 2014). "Bait-ul-Mal launches special scheme to help the poor". Dawn. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal asked to raise dowries for orphans". Dawn. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal to assist people with disabilities". The Express Tribune. Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). 23 August 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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