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Pakistan has an incredibly active civil society, with 200,000 people volunteering their skills full-time in 2004. Studies also prooved that individuals donate significant contributions to non-governmental organizations. South Asian cultural values of responsibility for family and community could also account for a high number of donations to individuals. Other factors such as anonymity also elucidate why most estimations underpredict the total amount of donations given by Pakistanis each year.
Zakat, the fourth of the five pillars of Islam, asks Muslims to donate a certain percentage of their savings to a charity of their choice. The rule only engages to individuals/families with savings greater than 2.5% of their annual income after all lawful expenses have been met, and only funds that have been saved for a year or longer are counted.