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Explanation

The zakah and user system in Pakistan was introduced through the Zakat and Ushr (Organisation) Ordinance, 1979, issued on June 24, 1979, for the establishment of zakah organizations at:

national,

provincial,

District,

subdistrict, and local (village/ward) levels.

Subsequently, the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980 was promulgated on June 20, 1980. 

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In Pakistan, the system of compulsory collection and distribution of Zakat and Ushr began in 1980 with an ordinance decreed by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 

Zakat and Usher Ordinance Question:

Zakat and Usher Ordinance can be challenged in the civil court

The prime objective of Zakat and Usher is To assist the needy

All members of Zakat and Usher Councils & Committees are Muslim

District Zakat and Usher committee was constituted under section 14

According to section 16(7) of Zakat and Usher Ordinance 1980, the Chairman and members of the District Zakat and Usher committee shall hold office for a term of 3 years

Sheep grazing fed free in pastures are exempted from Zakat according to the Zakat and Usher Ordinance 

Explanation

It was during the interim government of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (r. 6 August to 6 November 1990) that the Ordinance pertaining to the law of qisas and diyat was issued.

The said ordinance was re-promulgated over 20 times as the constitutional life of an ordinance is four months.

Finally, in 1997 during the government of Mian Nawaz Sharif, it became an Act of the Parliament, which covered all offenses against human body and provided for Qisas and Diyat.