LAKKI MARWAT: District Zakat committee chairman Maulana Asadullah Haqqani on Monday distributed certificates and cheques of financial assistance to 66 students on completion of a computer course at a local educational institution in Lakki city.

The six-month course was arranged under the technical education assistance programme of the zakat department.

Maulana Haqqani gave away a Rs16,000 cheque and course certificate to each student.

He said computer education was necessary for sustainable development and therefore, the zakat department was helping technical institutions of fer f ree computer education to the students of poor and deserving families.