The central government aims to achieve 100 per cent digitisation of waqf properties across the country in its first 100 days, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
At the national conference of Central Waqf Council (CWC) here,Naqvi awarded eight ‘mutawalis’ (custodian of waqf properties) under the”Qaumi Waqf Board Taraqqiati Scheme” for better management of waqfproperties in their respective state waqf boards.
This is for the first time that ‘mutawalis’ have been encouragedand awarded for better utilisation of waqf properties especially forsocio-economic-educational empowerment of needy, a statement said.
Addressing the conference, Naqvi said that the centralgovernment has set a target to achieve 100 percent digitisation of waqfproperties across the country in its first 100 days.
There are more than 6 lakh registered waqf properties acrossthe country.
Chairperson of Waqf Development Committee, Dr DarakhshanAndrabi, and Secretary of the Ministry, Jane Aalam, were also present in theconference.
Speaking in the meeting, Andrabi said that all state waqfboards will be asked to follow the same system of digitizing the waqfproperties and assets with a stipulated time span. “I will soon take up theissue with the J&K state administration to initiate a programme,” she said.