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ISLAMABAD, Feb 20 (APP):Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) has
approved 119,898 applications for financial assistance and rejected
26,377 applications in last three years.
PBM had received a total of 146,275 applications for
financial assistance, medical treatment and educational assistance
during the period, said official sources.
PBM has a prescribed criteria and accordingly processes the
applications on first come first serve basis. PBM follows the
approved criteria to process any case, considering eligibility and
availability of funds.
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) has set up 35 Pakistan Sweet Homes
(PSH) so far to cater orphan children across the country including
Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Each centre of the PSH has accommodated one hundred orphan
children.
He said that orphan children are kept in home-like environment
with the provision of boarding facility, food and clothing. Orphan
children are also being provided quality education in private
schools.
He said PBM is running number of the projects for
the welfare of the poor segment of society. The projects included
Individual Financial Assistance (IFA), PSH, Children Support
Programme (CSP), Pakistan Great Homes, Civil Society Wing and
Thalassemia Centre.