The Punjab Zakat Department started a project to help prisoners who finished their sentences but stay in jail because they can’t pay their fines. The government allocated Rs50 million for this initiative.
The department raised the monthly Zakat allowance for low-income families from Rs1,500 to Rs2,000. It also increased the marriage grant from Rs25,000 to Rs100,000.
Financial aid for over 300,000 Zakat beneficiary families will restart before Eidul Fitr. This support had stopped for 13 months. The government will release funds collected from banks during Ramadan to make this possible.
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They asked the inspector general of prisons for a list of eligible prisoners. Officials will start paying fines and releasing prisoners a week before Eid.
Many prisoners, who already served 5 to 10 years, remain in jail only because they can’t afford the fines.
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