Punjab is the second largest province of Pakistan by land area. With 53% of the total population (110 million people) residing in Punjab, the province faces a significant burden of infectious diseases, accounting for over half of all tuberculosis cases in Pakistan.
Pakistan’s population is on the rise with one of the highest birth rates of 22 births per 1,000 people. Therefore, public-private partnerships are increasingly required to cope with the burgeoning health demands. Indus Hospital & Health Network has been working with the Punjab Government to help serve the region and make universal healthcare a reality.
With the assistance and funding provided through partnering with the Punjab Government, IHHN has expanded its network throughout the province and has made significant steps toward achieving its goal of providing quality and free healthcare to all.
The Regional Blood Center – Bahawalpur is connected with the 1,500-bed Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital Blood bank; Jubilee Mother & Child Hospital; and Civil Hospital, Bahawalpur.
IHHN is managing five government hospitals in Lahore. The Bedian Road hospital is a 60-bed mother and child hospital which also houses Physical Rehabilitation Center. The remaining hospitals are 100-bed multidisciplinary secondary care hospitals. Each hospital has dedicated inpatient, outpatient, Emergency, and Day Care services with Laboratory and Radiology services. There is also a central lab at Sabzazar Campus. These campuses are run on a framework of local hierarchy with head office support and monitoring.
Tehsil Headquarter Hospital Kahna Nau
Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Sabzazar
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital is a 400-bed hospital with tertiary healthcare facilities and a physical rehabilitation program. At present, RTEH has an old campus, a mother and child hospital, and a new campus where Medical and Surgical Allied services are available.
RTEH was designated as a major referral center for COVID-19 in South Punjab with a mutual understanding of IHHN and the Government of Punjab. It also has a residency program in all major clinical specialties accredited by the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.
Multan Institute of Kidney Diseases is a 150-bed ‘single specialty’ hospital, that deals with both medical and surgical aspects of kidney diseases. It houses all treatment modalities of Nephrology and Urology. MIKD has inpatient, outpatient, Emergency, and Day Care services and clinical departments.
IHHN is also running the Regional Blood Center – Multan which provides services to the Multan Institute of Kidney Diseases; the 1,500-bed Nishter Hospital Blood Bank; Children Hospital, Multan; and other hospital blood banks associated with IHHN, including Recep Teyyip Erdogan Hospital in Rahimyar Khan, Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Bedian Road, and Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Sabzazar.
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Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is the specific amount of wealth that a mature Muslim, who is Sahib-e-Nisaab, gives to the poor with the intention of Zakat, upon the completion of the Zakat year.
“And those in whose riches there is a specified right. For the one who asks and the one who is deprived.” (Qur’an 70:24-25)
The meaning of Nisab is a specific amount of four types of wealth, which if owned by a mature Muslim, Zakat will be compulsory upon. The four types of wealth are:
Zakat is not just a fundamental pillar of Islam. It is also a revolutionary concept with the potential to ease the suffering of millions around the world.
As Allah (SWT) tells us in the Holy Qur’an:
“And be steadfast in Salah (prayer), and give Zakah. Whatever good you send forth for yourselves, you will find it with Allah. Certainly, Allah is watchful of what you do.” (Qur’an 2:110)
It is also a right that the poor have over us.
“And those in whose riches there is a specified right. For the one who asks and the one who is deprived.” (Qur’an 70:24-25)
Zakat is 2.5% of the wealth one possesses above the Nisab.
If someone is a Muslim, non-Sayyid, and they do not possess 52.5 Tolas silver, or its value in gold, currency, business wealth, or wealth surplus to their needs, they are eligible to receive Zakat.
No, Zakat is only obligatory upon Muslims.
‘Hawl’ refers to a lunar year. E.g. When a person achieves the Nisab for the first time, then from this date till the same date in the next lunar year his ‘Hawl’ is complete.
For Zakat to be due, it is a condition for one lunar year to have passed. If one lunar year hasn’t passed on someone’s wealth, then Zakat is not due.
Yes, Zakat will be due at the time of Zakat due date for this amount. Even though a year hasn’t passed on having the amount. This is known as ‘Maal-e-Mustafaad’ in Shariah terms, as in wealth received midway through a year.
The midway of a year is not taken into consideration, but the zakat due date is considered. For example, you Zakat due date is the first of Ramazan , and before the first of Ramazan, your wealth decreased to below the Nisab, but on the coming of the first of Ramazan, your wealth met the Nisab criteria, then Zakat will be due. The drop earlier in the year beneath the Nisab criteria will not be considered
Yes, you will still be required to pay Zakat of 2.5%. For the payment of Zakat, ‘intention’ or ‘Niyyat’ is mandatory and common charity/donation cannot be considered as Zakat. Therefore, you are required to calculate your Zakat on your Zakat calculation date and then the calculated amount may be given to the identified Mustahiq-e-Zakat either in full or in tranches throughout the year, with the intention of that amount being considered as Zakat only.
For every year that you owe Zakat, take 2.5% from the total wealth you had at the end of that year and pay that in Zakat. If you are not sure how much wealth you had, you must estimate it to the best of your ability. For example, it is now Ramazan 2022. You have not paid Zakat for the last 5 years. You need to work out how much wealth you owned every Ramadan for the last five years and pay 2.5% of that.
There is no Zakat on the wealth of a minor.
The best way for you to do this would be to take the jewellery to a jeweller and ask them to value just the gold and silver parts of the jewellery. The valuations they give will be the total on which you have to pay Zakat. Precious stones are not liable for Zakat.
If money for Hajj has been paid and the place has also been confirmed, then there is no Zakat on this amount. But if the Zakat date falls before payment, then there will be Zakat due on this amount.
Yes, Zakat is due on this amount. But it is up to you – you can either pay Zakat on the amount each year, or when the money is received, you can pay for the previous years.
If your friend accepted that he had the debt and did not deny it, then Zakat is due on this amount. Calculate your zakat here
Yes, you can exclude this loan, but if your wealth increased by Zil-Qadah, then Zakat will be due on the extra amount as well.
In this scenario, there is no Zakat due on the house value. However, whatever rent was received, add this to your other wealth on which Zakat is due and pay the total due Zakat amount for the Zakat year. Also, there is no Zakat on the house until you sell it. Once you have sold the house and received the money, then there will be Zakat payable on that amount, if it remains in your possession till your Zakat due date.
Every year at the time of paying Zakat, you would need to calculate the total selling price for all the goods for sale in your shop. For example, all the clothes for sale in your shop add up to a total selling value of a particular sum of money. You would add this to your other wealth when calculating your total payment.
If you haven’t received the funds, then Zakat isn’t due. But if you have received the funds, Zakat is due.
This amount is the group’s collective ownership. Thus, each participant will pay Zakat on his/her share, or permission can be given to one person who will pay Zakat from the fund on behalf of everyone.
In Shariah terms, poor and needy is classified as someone who does not have the Nisab amount in their ownership. The meaning of Nisab here is 52.5 tolas silver or the equivalent of that in cash/gold, or extra to what is needed.
Zakat cannot be given to ‘Usool’ and ‘Furuu’. ‘Usool’ is parents, grandparents and so on. ‘Furuu’ is children, grandchildren and so on. Similarly, Zakat cannot be given to husband or wife. Besides this, Zakat can be given to other relatives.
If the orphan doesn’t possess the ‘Nisab’, and he isn’t a ‘Sayyid’, then he can be given Zakat. If he possesses something of the value of nisab, he cannot be given Zakat.
Zakat can only be given in those projects wherein possession is achieved of the Zakat amount. This means the person who can claim Zakat and is eligible for Zakat payment becomes the owner of the amount. Thus, to give food, clothing, medicine etc. to a poor person from the Zakat money is permissible. And those projects wherein ownership of the Zakat money is not achieved, Zakat cannot be given for example, spending in Masajid, digging wells etc.
