LAHORE ( MEDIA REPORT ) Under an agreement signed a few months ago, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has gained access to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) database for online verification of citizens visiting its office for property-related matters. A special counter of NADRA has been established atRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading Mobile Financial Service provider,has introduced the first ever Biometric Money Transfer facility onthe extensive network of Easypaisa retailers across Pakistan. Customers using Mobile Financial Services had frequently requested for higher limits that catered to their financial needs. Before the launch of biometricRead More →

ISLAMABAD (BMZ REPORT ) Minister of State for IT Ms. Anusha Rahman Khan chaired a meeting to discuss aspects related to biometric verification of the voters. The meeting was attended by senior officials of Election Commission of Pakistan, NADRA and various vendors specializing in developing biometric solutions. Earlier in OctoberRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has finally agreed to provide its data for use in elections for biometric verification of voters, but only with certain security checks. The sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms, during a meeting here on Tuesday, approvedRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has asked all data SIM providers to verify their customers through biometric verification system before December 31st.2015. Cellular operators were already verified their SIMs through BVS. PTCL and other data service providers asked its customers to get their EVO and other devicesRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) All mobile phone operators lost a combined 22 million subscribers with Mobilink still heading the market with its 33.42 million subscribers. For the first time after bio-metric re-verification of SIMs earlier this year, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has finally issued the stats for number of mobileRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Mobile phone companies have managed to re-verify 70 million SIMs during the SIM re-verification drive, while another 10.96 million SIMs were disowned by customers. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said that these 80 million processed SIMs (reverified, disowned or blocked). Latest information reveled  that Mobilink  get 19Read More →