Essential functions of Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department are as below:
- Administration of the Punjab Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979
- Mosques, shrines and other religious institutions under the control of the Chief Administrator of Auqaf, Punjab, except Historical monuments
- Religious Trusts
- Central Auqaf Fund
- Muslim graveyards taken over by the Chief Administrator of Auqaf, Punjab under section 7 of the West Pakistan Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979
- Charitable and Religious Endowments
- Preparation and implementation of religious education schemes
- Management of and repairs of Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
- Punjab Auqaf Academy, Jamia Hajveria, Markaz Maaraf-e-Aulia
- Religious Education Schemes
- Publication of books on Islamiat
- Printing and Publication of the Holy Quran including administration of the publication of the Holy Quran (Elimination of Printing & Recording Errors) Act, 1973
- Budget under grant No. 31 Miscellaneous 749-649 others
- Hajj Affairs coordination with the Federal Government
- Administration of Data Darbar Hospital, Lahore
- Service matters except those entrusted to S&GAD
- Purchase of stores and capital goods for:
- Ittehad Bain-ul-Muslimeen Committee
- Muttehida Ulema Board
- Quran Board