As the nation gears up to grapple with the earthquake tragedy, the Punjab government's biggest relief fund - Rs 4 billon Zakat Fund — is empty, while the funds situation at the Baitul Maal and Relief Fund is also dismal. Although Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has ordered the release of Rs 50 million for quake victims in Azad Kashmir and NWFP and individual and departmental donations are also pouring in, the funds meant for relief purposes have run out. The Punjab government will approve the Rs 50 million donations in a supplementary budget and the chief minister will divert these donations either from his discretionary fund or any other departmental fund. "We received Rs 4 billion from the federal Zakat council last year. We