Zakat Committee approves PKR 25 mn for unemployed in Gujranwala.

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Gujranwala: The Zakat & Ashar Committee Gujranwala has approved funds worth PKR 25 million to be distributed to 4,500 recently unemployed individuals in the city — a news source reported.

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In all, PKR 50 million will be disbursed to a total of 9,000 people. The Zakat & Ashar Committee has begun gathering the data from all the union councils of the province.

Zakat Committee’s Gujranwala Chairman Babu Sarmad Zaheer revealed that the committee had a total of PKR 24.4 million, which are being disbursed to people who had been recently unemployed —following the government’s approval.

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Now the government has approved another 25 million for the purpose. Chairman Zaheer further stated that each person will be provided with a total of PKR 9,000 each. He added that a merit policy has also been prepared for the people to whom the funds are going to be disbursed.