Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal explained
| Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal |
| Native Name: | پاکستان بیت المال |
| Native Name Lang: | ur |
| Abbreviation: | PBM |
| Type: | Charity organization |
| Location Country: | Pakistan |
| Region Served: | Pakistan |
| Parent Organization: | Government of Pakistan |
| Key People: | Syed Tariq Mahmood-ul-Hassan |
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|پاکستان بیت المال) is a charity and social welfare organisation to help the poor and needy in Pakistan. PBM is a semi-autonomous body set up through a 1992 Act of the Government of Pakistan.[1] [2]
Mission and objectives
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal significantly contributes to poverty alleviation through its various projects, including providing assistance to the destitute, widows, orphans, invalids, and other needy persons in the society.[1] It provides financial assistance to the needy with emphasis on rehabilitation. PBM is assisting the poor in a variety of areas with the government funds.[1] [2]
Programs
- Special Program that provides financial help to deserving poor people earning less than Rupees10,000 a month[1]
- Educational assistance to the needy and orphans and financial aid for the non-affording and deserving students for higher professional education
- Residential accommodation in shelter homes for the deserving homeless and abandoned elderly people[1]
- Set up free hospitals and rehabilitation centers for the poor to provide free medical treatment
- Financial aid and grants to charitable institutions with educational & vocational training programs[1]
- Sponsor and promote self-employment schemes
- Provide relief to the needy and poor during natural disasters[2]
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal also is the sponsor of Benazir Income Support Programme. It alsoprovides money to poor and deserving students of almost all universities of Pakistan.[3] [2]
Notes and References
- Web site: Bait-ul-Mal launches special scheme to help the poor. Bakhtawar Mian. 25 July 2014. Dawn (newspaper). 30 January 2018.
- News: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal asked to raise dowries for orphans. Dawn (newspaper). 20 March 2009. 5 September 2020.
- News: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal to assist people with disabilities. Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). The Express Tribune (newspaper). 23 August 2020. 5 September 2020.
