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PESHAWAR: The country's non-profit sector - social work organizations, non-governmental organizations and religious education institutions, including a large number of Madaris - are receiving 87 per cent of their over Rs16bn annual revenue through indigenous resources. The preliminary estimates of a foreign-funded study, titled 'Dimensions of the non-profit sector in Pakistan', rejected the notion that the non-profit sector was thriving on funds generated or raised by foreign agencies or donors. Of the Rs16.4bn annual cash revenues poured into the country's non-profit sector, well over 87 per cent are raised by the indigenous private philanthropy from within the country. The study has been carried out by the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) in collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan) and Centre for Civil Society, Johns Hopkins University, USA.