Zia’s decade of darkness

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dear i think we are discussing zia regime here and not basic principles of shariah. i wud appreciate that we shud stick to the topic.

ur reply gives me reflection that u r non muslim. so i tell u few things about zakat so that u can have better idea about zakat and Ushr Ordinance.
in islamic history even in the era of prophet and first caliph hazrat abu bakar siddique (may allah be pleased with him) zakat is collected from the differnt parts of arab and deposited in to the bait ul maal. government wud spend that money on the poor ppl. even it was state responsibilty to ensure that rich people were paying zakat.
so saying that government steal money is not correct in the sense that u r pointing corruption is distribution of money........ so principally collection of zakat is complied with shariah.

further to inform u that zakat committee works in pakistan and helps the poor. my grand father was the zonal chairman (honorary post) of zakat committee in rawalpindi so i have idea of this process.

so u cant blame zia for corruption in zakat system as he has passed away 2 decade backs. ( further to inform u as far as i know govt deductions zakat on bank deposits only. for rest of the wealth u have ......... u will have pay it ur self.) few years back SC held that if a person dont want to get its zakat deducted he needs to mention in undertaking and its zakat will not be deducted by the govt.

as far as free market banking allegation is concerned he just introduced the concept that bank will not charged the interest compoundedly (to ensure that bank wud not able to exploit the borrower in financial trouble ........ that rule still exist and pakistani banking industry have made a tremendous progress in the recent years and no one have issue with change made by him) and thats all.

what else he did that hampers "free market banking" ............. i m eager to know.

regards

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