Billions of rupees of Zakat fund have been distributed as allowances to the Mustahqeen since 1980 which instead of decreasing has increased the number of Mustehqeen-e-zakat which led to the approval of revolutionary idea by religious establishment and scholars of utilizing Zakat funds for poverty alleviation by providing demand driven skills to Mustahqeen-a-Zakat and assist them in their placement, thus enabling the poor to become self-reliant. Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) was therefore formed under the PVTC act 1998 to accomplish the aforementioned task by establishing need based Vocational Training Institutes (VTIs) for imparting training in Industrial, Agricultural and Service sectors in Punjab.