NADRA gears up to roll out e-payment platform through e-sahulat franchise network
The integration of NADRA platform with 1Link network will usher in era of financial digital services through wide-spread NADRA e-Sahulat Network to achieve the goal of digital governance and economy.
Chairman NADRA Tariq Malik and CEO 1Link Najeeb Agrawalla signed an agreement today at NADRA Headquarters Islamabad.
NADRA Pakistan, the largest government database organization, and 1Link largest payment gateway officially collaborating together have entered into an agreement creating a strategic alliance to administer and evolve a strong robust e-Payment network in Pakistan through NADRA owned e-Sahulat franchise network.
Speaking on the occasion, Chairman NADRA Tariq Malik said NADRA has been taking initiatives to enhance e-Governance by empowering both public and private sector organizations through its wide range of digital services and expertise. He said NADRA e-Sahulat was one of the most advanced digital financial service delivery channels reaching the grassroot level across country.
Mr. Malik said, “We are enhancing state capacity to deliver digital public goods and move towards electronic financial transactions for transparency and accountability. This would enable financial inclusion as well.”
Giving the details about the partnership, Chairman NADRA said, “Integrating NADRA platform with 1Link will enable aggregation of billers on both platforms enabling 17000+ e-Sahulat outlets to perform fund transfer, cash-in/cash-out and Public to Government (P2G), Government to Public (G2P) and Public to Public payments (P2P) payments. It will also enable citizens to implement national digital payment and financial inclusion objectives in the future. Cash in/ Cash out is an opportunity for more than 40+ bank account holders to transfer/withdraw cash pan Pakistan using secure biometric verification.”
Introduction of 1Link services (1-Bill, Inter Bank Financial Transactions (IBFT)/Cash-In and Human ATM/Cash Out) on NADRA e-Sahulat (17000+ outlets) will facilitate citizens across country to avail the services with ease.
With this partnership, 17000 e-Sahulat outlets of NADRA will double the capacity of more than 16500 1Link ATM machines across the country through which citizens will be able to deposit and withdraw cash easily and conveniently. This digital financial facility of NADRA will revolutionize the financial payments system in Pakistan.
کروناویکسینیشن سرٹیفکیٹ گھر بیٹھےآن لائن حاصل کریں، نادرا نےکیاتمام شہریوں کےلئےکام آسان۔ نادرادفاتر پر رش سےبچیں اورسرٹیفکیٹ اب ای-سہولت مراکز سے بھی حاصل کرسکتے ہیں۔ وڈیوکے ذریعے مکمل رہنمائی حاصل کریں فوری سرٹیفکیٹ حاصل کرنےکےلئےویب سائٹ پر جائیں: https://nims.nadra.gov.pk/nims/certifica
NPHP is a project of Pakistan government to provide 5 million houses to the homeless people. NADRA e-Sahulat has launched a registration process for Naya Pakistan Housing Program across the country.
For registration visit your nearest e-Sahulat franchise to pay and register.
Seeing the interest of people in the registration process, NADRA had extended the date till December 15, 2019.
Biometric verification system for the registration and transfer of the vehicle is now operational at all the Nadra e-Sahulat Centres.
Now the owner of the vehicle can get verification receipt from any Nadra e-Sahulat Centre and produce it at the ETO for registration and transfer of the vehicle. ETO will then verify the receipt with the transaction ID immediately after which the vehicle will be transferred.
The system will eliminate the culture of selling or using vehicles on open letter.
e-Sahulat has signed the MOU with Waseela Bank (Mobicash). Saleem Rafik, DG Operations NTL and Ghazanfar Azzam, CEO – Waseela Bank signed the MOU on behalf of NADRA and Waseela Bank respectively. Both expressed great potential in the partnership and also talked about other ventures that could be undertaken together by leveraging their platforms in the future. Saleem Rafik stated that NADRA e-Sahulat franchise model was the first platform to offer electronic payment of utility bills in Pakistan. He further explained, “NADRA e-Sahulat believes in collaborations and Jazzcash is a strategic partner for providing digital services in Pakistan.
e-Sahulat NADRA has signed a agreement with Virtual University of Pakistan to facilitates its students to deposit their fees/dues at NADRA e-Sahulat outlets. Now student can visit any nearest e-Sahulat outlet anywhere in Pakistan along with the issued fee challan to deposit dues. This service will facilitate VU students with extended network of 12,000 e-Sahulat outlets across Pakistan with the available service of full day, even after banking hours.
NADRA e-Sahulat participation in ITCN Asia 2015 in perspective of eServices provider.
NADRA e-Sahulat has integrated Jazzcash and HBL branchless banking service and offers money transfer facility on its network. Domestic remittance has unique features on NADRA e-Sahulat i.e. CNIC of sender and receiver is verified on each DR transaction. Also money sent from Jazzcash or HBL Express can be received at e-Sahulat outlet and vice versa. The product suite includes Domestic Remittance backed by Mobile Wallets, Microfinance Loan Repayments, G2P Payments and International Remittances in the future. e-Sahulat hosts a nationwide presence with 12,000 plus touch points serving the underprivileged stratum of the economy.