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In Pakistan, the system of compulsory collection and distribution of Zakat and Ushr began in 1980, [1] with an ordinance decreed by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq calling for a 2.5% annual deduction from personal bank accounts on the first day of Ramadan, with the revenue to be used for poverty relief. [2] [3]
Pakistan holidays are celebrated according to the Islamic or local Pakistani calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as Labour Day, [1] Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Quaid-e-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony (Urdu: وزارت مذہبی امور و بین المذاہب ہم آہنگی, abbreviated as MoRA) is a government agency of Pakistan responsible for religious matters such as pilgrimage outside Pakistan, especially to Iran and Iraq for Ziyarat, and Saudi Arabia for Umrah and Hajj.
Ramadan [b] (Arabic: رَمَضَان, romanized: Ramaḍān [ra.ma.dˤaːn]; [c] also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, [10] observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting , prayer , reflection, and community. [11]
Ramadan: Laylat al-Qadr: The night when first verses of Quran were received by Muhammad 29/30: Ramadan: Chaand Raat: The last night of Ramadan celebrated on 29th or 30th depending on when the new moon is sighted 1: Shawal: Eid ul Fitr: The celebration at the end of the fasting month (Ramadan) 9 Dhu al-Hijjah: Day of Arafah: It is celebrated by ...
Statesmen of the early decades of Pakistan, with Pakistan’s founding father and future Governor-General, Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the centre of the bottom row. Three future Prime ministers can also be seen with Khawaja Nazimuddin to Jinnah’s left, I.I. Chundrigar on the rightmost of the middle row, and Liaquat Ali Khan on Chundrigar’s left.
The Islamic calendar is a lunar one, where each month begins when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. The Islamic year consists of 12 lunar cycles, and consequently it is 10 to 11 days shorter than the solar year, and as it contains no intercalation, [a] Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons.
Furthermore, the same figure in East Pakistan defined their identity in terms of their ethnicity and not Islam. It was the opposite in West Pakistan, where Islam was stated to be more important than ethnicity. [45] After Pakistan's first ever general elections the 1973 Constitution was created by an elected Parliament. [46]