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AUQAF DEPARTMENT

The Auqaf Office was established in the district in 1960. At that time, the
charge of Assistant Manager was given to the Tehsildar Muzaffargarh. At
present, the office is headed by a District Manager Auqaf in BPS-16, assisted
by, among others, District Khateeb in the same grade. The total sanctioned
strength of the office is 25. The office manages 10 establishments such as
shrines, mosques, imam bargahs and seminaries.

Besides the donations received at the shrines, the office also gets income
from its rented property, which is mostly in the shape of shops.

A total of Rs 11,899,603 was generated as income during the Financial Year
2018-19, and expenditures during the same period amounted to Rs.
2,380,271.
The list of shrines/mosques/imam bargahs/seminaries being managed by
the office, along with the date of their taking over, is as follows:

Name of Property Tehsil Taking over
1 Mosque/Darbar Hazrat Daud Jahanian, Muzaffargarh 22-04-1961
2 Mosque/Darbar Hazrat Abdullah Shah Muzaffargarh 27-06-1987
Bukhari
3 Darbar Hazrat Muhammad Tahir Bagga Muzaffargarh 21-11-1988
Sher
4 Darbar Hazrat Nur Shah Qalandar Kot Addu 06-11-1986
5 Mosque/Darbar Hazrat Abdul Wahab Kot Addu 23-07-1960
Bukhari (Din Panah)
6 Mosque/Darbar Hazrat Mohib Faqeer Alipur 29-08-1972
7 Darbar Hazrat Alam-ud-Din Bukhari Jatoi 03-08-1982
8 Madrassa Anjuman Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Alipur 20-03-2001
Jamaat
9 Imam Bargah Hussainian Muzaffargarh 05-08-1960
10 Darbar Hazrat Mohib Jahanian Muzaffargarh 21-02-2009

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