Altaf Hamid Rao.
Muzaffarabad/MIRPUR (AJK) (Parliament Times) : Chairman Zakat Council Chaudhry Mohammad Siddique called on President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry here on Saturday.
During the meeting, Chairman Zakat Council gave a detailed briefing to the President regarding the performance of his Department.
Speaking on the occasion, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, while terming Zakat as one of the core fundamental elements of Islam, said that the payment of zakat was compulsory on all Muslims.
” Zakat is also an obligatory act of worship, the payment of which has been made mandatory”, the president said, adding that rich and well off people should actively help deserving people by paying Zakat.
President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry further said that there was an urgent need to improve the Zakat system so that the deserving people can benefit from it.
The president directed the Zakat Council chief to ensure distribution of Zakat funds to the poor and needy before the start of Ramadan.