Zakat

How to calculate zakat in Pakistan in 5 steps: list your zakatable assets, subtract what you owe, check the nisab and pay 2.5%. Worked examples in rupees.

Zakat goes to the eight groups named in Surah At-Tawbah (9:60). See which relatives you can give zakat to, who you cannot, and how to give safely through charities in Pakistan.

No zakat on the home you live in or rental property itself, but plots bought to resell are zakatable every year. Here is how zakat works on plots, files, rent, pension and provident fund in Pakistan.

Shares you trade are zakatable at full market value; long-term holdings can be paid on full value or on the company’s zakatable assets. Plus mutual funds, National Savings certificates, prize bonds and crypto, and which are deducted at source.

Pay 2.5% on stock for sale, business cash and udhaar you will collect, minus what you owe now. A step-by-step guide for shopkeepers, traders and partners in Pakistan, with a worked example.

Banks deduct 2.5% zakat on 1 Ramadan from savings accounts at or above Rs 503,529. Here is how the deduction works, how to stop it with a CZ-50, and how to count cash, savings and committees yourself.

Zakat on gold is 2.5% of its value today. See zakat on 1 tola of 24k, 22k and 21k gold, whether worn jewellery counts, how to handle silver, and worked examples in PKR.

The government set the 2026 zakat nisab for bank deduction at Rs 503,529. Here is today’s silver and gold nisab in rupees, the tola weights, and which one you should use.