NADRA biometric verifications rolled back for mobile banking, seniors
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is asking commercial banks in the country to disable biometric user verification through…
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Pakistan banks begin biometric verification of account holders
Under the directive of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) commercial banks in the country have started the process of…
Pakistan’s Punjab Forensic Science Agency to develop fingerprint database
Pakistan’s home department is investing Rs495 million (US$7.7 million) in developing an Automated Fingerprints Information System (AFIS) for the Punjab…
Pakistan backtracks on plans to test biometric verification machines for elections
According to a report in The Express Tribune, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) revealed that it will not be…
WFP education program in Pakistan using biometrics to verify identity
The World Food Programme’s (WFP) first cash-based assistance initiative for secondary school girls in Pakistan will be supported by biometric…
Pakistan to test biometric verification machines for elections
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will acquire electronic voting machines (EVMs) and biometric verification machines (BVMs) for trial run…
Pakistan authorities to install biometric time and attendance system
Pakistan authorities will install biometric time and attendance systems to register attendance of employees at the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC)…
BISP intros biometric payments in Rahim Yar Khan
Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) launched its biometric verification system for payments in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, according to a…
BISP to launch biometric payment system in Pakistan province
Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) is launching a biometric-based payment system for the upcoming BISP cash grant tranche in Sindh,…
Japan helps Pakistan improve airport security screening with biometrics
Earlier this week, the government of Japan agreed to extend a grant worth almost $2 million USD to Pakistan to…
