The Auqaf, Hajj, Minorities & Religious Affairs department is tasked with disbursing funds among minorities in KP under various schemes such as the Annual Development Program (ADP), Marriage Fund, and Scholarships. Each year, millions of funds are allocated through this department. However, several key issues were identified, including the selection process, time consumption, repetition of applicants, and the lack of digitized records.
To address these challenges, a new system was implemented by a team of Fellows under the 4th Fellowship cycle. In December 2018, this system facilitated the department in successfully disbursing funds totaling 8,820,000 PKR, with 4717 applicants applying and 2940 applicants being selected. Remarkably, the entire selection and balloting process took only 60 minutes, significantly shorter than the two to three months previously required to finalize applicants.