title: Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department
text: # Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department
  
  Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. Auqaf & Religious Department is headed by the Secretary Auqaf & Religious Affairs who is assisted by the Additional Secretary and the Deputy Secretary. The department is governed under Punjab Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979.. The current minister for Religious Affairs and Auqaf is Peer Syed Saeed ul Hassan Shah since 13 September 2018.
  
  ## Organization
  
  The Department Organization comprises the following six Directorates:
  
  * Directorate of Administration
  * Directorate of Estate
  * Directorate of Finance
  * Directorate of Religious Affairs
  * Directorate of Projects
  * Directorate of Health Services
  
  ## Functions
  
  Functions of department include:
  
  * Administration of the Punjab Waqf Properties
  * Mosques, shrines and other religious institutions under the control of the Chief Administrator of Auqaf, Punjab, except Historical monuments
  * Management of and repairs of Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
  * Hajj Affairs coordination with the Federal Govt
  
  ## Welfare services
  
  Auqaf Department maintains 1 Hospital and 14 dispensaries in the Punjab.
  
  