District Zakat Office in Punjab: Address and Phone for All 36 Districts, Plus Local Zakat Committees

We read the department's district office directory, its Local Zakat Committee list and its programme pages on zakat.punjab.gov.pk on 11 November 2026. Some addresses are private houses or rented buildings, so call before you travel. If you want to know which Zakat grant to ask for, start with our Punjab Zakat assistance guide.

Find your District Zakat Office in Punjab

Each office is run by the District Zakat Officer. The table gives the address and phone as the department lists them, with spelling tidied. The last column is the number of Local Zakat Committees the department lists for that district.

The Rahim Yar Khan number is printed on the site as (068) 0689330014. We show it as 068-9330014, the usual format for that area code.

Faisalabad and Gujranwala have the most Local Zakat Committees

The department lists 21,680 Local Zakat Committees across 31 districts. Faisalabad has the most at 1,387, then Gujranwala with 1,302 and Lahore with 1,284. Five districts, Kasur, Layyah, Mandi Bahauddin, Mianwali and Narowal, have an office in the directory but no committee count in the list.

A Local Zakat Committee usually covers one village or one mohalla. That is where your need, called istehqaq, is checked and written in the committee's register. A larger count means each committee serves a smaller area.

Newer districts such as Murree, Talagang and Wazirabad do not appear in the directory. If you live in one of them, call the office of the district it was split from, or ask your Assistant Commissioner's office.

The Deputy Commissioner now runs each District Zakat Committee

On paper, each district has a District Zakat and Ushr Committee with a private-sector chairman, the District Zakat Officer, an officer of the district administration, three women over 40 and members from each tehsil. The department says these committees are not working at present.

Under Section 14(13A) of the Punjab Zakat and Ushr Act, 2018, Deputy Commissioners act as Administrators of the District Zakat and Ushr Committees. So if your District Zakat Officer cannot solve a problem, the next step is the Deputy Commissioner's office.

What you can get through your Zakat office

The Zakat Rashan Card is the main monthly grant. The department lists it at Rs 2,000 a month for an adult Muslim below the poverty line who is unemployed. It is paid through branchless banking after a thumbprint check.

The rules leave out several groups. You cannot get the Rashan Card if you are a government servant, a pensioner, a habitual beggar or a Sahib-e-Nisab, meaning someone who owns wealth above the Zakat threshold. You are also out if you already get help from Punjab Bait-ul-Maal, Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal, PSPA, BISP or another public body. Only one person per household can get it.

Widows with small children, orphans, the disabled and the elderly get preference. Widows who draw a family pension are not eligible. The CM Punjab Rahmat Card for widows and orphans also runs through the Zakat department; our Rahmat Card guide has its status check.

How to apply through your Local Zakat Committee

You apply to the Chairman or Administrator of the Local Zakat Committee where you live, not to the district office. These steps follow the department's Rashan Card page:

1. Find your Local Zakat Committee chairman by asking the District Zakat Office in the table, or your union council.
2. Get the prescribed Rashan Card form. The department offers it in Urdu and English on its site.
3. Attach a copy of your valid CNIC.
4. Give a mobile number registered on your own CNIC, because payment uses branchless banking.
5. The committee checks your need, records it in its resolution register and its istehqaq register (form LZ-19), and decides.
6. If approved, collect the payment after a thumbprint check at the agent.

If your household is also on the Punjab socio-economic registry, check your score with our PSER eligibility guide.

Provincial Zakat contacts in Lahore

Use these only after your district office. The department lists two senior offices:

• Secretary Zakat and Ushr Punjab: 9th Floor, Administrative Tower A, Old P&D, Lahore. Phone 042-99214386 and 042-99214387.
• Administrator Zakat and Ushr Punjab: 2-Court Street, Lahore. Phone 042-99210697.

For the Rahmat Card, the helpline is 1077.

Common questions

Where is the District Zakat Office in Lahore?

295 Riwaz Garden, Lahore. The phone is 042-99332353, according to the department's directory.

How many Local Zakat Committees are there in Punjab?

The department lists 21,680 across 31 districts. Five districts in its office directory have no count in that list.

Who runs the District Zakat Committee now?

The Deputy Commissioner, as Administrator, because the District Zakat and Ushr Committees are not working at present.

How much is the Punjab Zakat Rashan Card?

Rs 2,000 a month, according to the department's programme page, paid through branchless banking after a thumbprint check.

Can I apply for Zakat at the district office?

You apply to the Local Zakat Committee of the area where you live. The district office helps you find it and handles problems.

My district is not in the list. What do I do?

Call the office of the district yours was split from, or ask your Assistant Commissioner's office for the Zakat officer.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked on 11 November 2026, about 4:30 am PKT. Sources: the District Office directory, Local Zakat Committees list, District Zakat and Ushr Committees page, Zakat Rashan Card page and Contact Us page of the Zakat and Ushr Department, Government of the Punjab. Addresses and phones are as the department lists them; we did not call each number.