ISLAMABAD: The government has fixed the Nisab for Zakat for the year 1446–47 A.H. at Rs503,529 for deduction from savings bank accounts, profit and loss sharing accounts, and other similar accounts.
The Zakat deduction date is expected to be February 19 or 20, 2026, depending on the sighting of the moon for the start of Ramazan.
In this regard, the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Security has issued a notification dated February 16, 2026, to the State Bank of Pakistan and all Zakat Collection and Controlling Agencies.
According to the notification, the Administrator General Zakat has officially set the Nisab at Rs503,529 for 1446–47 A.H. Zakat will not be deducted from any account if the balance is below Rs503,529 on the first day of Ramazan.
The first day of Ramazan-ul-Mubarak 1447 A.H. has been notified as the deduction date. On this day, Zakat will be deducted from accounts that have a balance of Rs503,529 or more.
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All Zakat Collection and Controlling Agencies have been directed to deduct Zakat as per the rules. The deducted amount must be deposited immediately into the Central Zakat Account (CZ-08) maintained with the State Bank of Pakistan.
The notification also says that a copy of the Zakat return in Form CZ-08 (A & B) should be sent to the ministry right after the deposit.
For comparison, the government had fixed the Zakat Nisab at Rs179,689 for the year 1445–46 A.H. In the year before that, the Nisab was Rs135,179.
