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Zakat bodies must address basic hardcore poverty-related issues, PM says

He said that such an institution should not be seen as a mere institution or a revenue generator for the country but as an important institution linked to poverty. 

PM says aid for hardcore poor to be coordinated to prevent overlaps

The prime minister said the measure involved several institutions and aid programmes among them Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia, zakat institutions throughout the country, as well as People’s Income Initiative. 

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