{"id":103156,"date":"2025-08-27T15:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103156"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:14:53","slug":"pm-launches-digital-wallets-for-bisp-beneficiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-digital-wallets-for-bisp-beneficiaries.html","title":{"rendered":"PM launches 10 mn digital wallets for BISP beneficiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday inaugurated 10 million digital wallets for beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), calling it a \u201chistoric step\u201d toward transparency, financial inclusion, and Pakistan\u2019s shift to a cashless economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch ceremony, attended by federal ministers, BISP leadership, and international partners including GIZ, featured a symbolic palm-touch by the prime minister to activate the system. He congratulated BISP Chairperson Senator Rubina Khalid and partner institutions for what he described as a \u201clandmark decision that will safeguard genuine recipients and ease access to financial assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/digital-drive-boosts-retail-tax-collection.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM Office credits digital push for PKR 455 bn surge in retail tax contribution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Shehbaz noted that the digital wallet system would allow beneficiaries direct and secure access to funds, free from intermediaries. \u201cThis is not just aid \u2014 it is empowerment,\u201d he remarked, adding that linking benefits with women\u2019s CNICs strengthened their recognition and participation in the national economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister also urged BISP leadership to link assistance with conditionalities on education and health, ensuring that families receiving support send their children to school and avail essential healthcare. He further stressed the need to shorten the programme\u2019s current implementation cycle from eight to ten months to just four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BISP Federal Secretary Amir Ali Ahmed briefed that the digital wallets would be created using beneficiaries\u2019 CNICs and supported by biometric verification to prevent identity theft. He said 10 million free SIM cards would also be distributed, with the first phase already underway in Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Rahim Yar Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairperson Rubina Khalid termed the launch a \u201chistoric milestone\u201d in Pakistan\u2019s social protection journey, adding that the new wallets would pave the way for digital literacy and financial empowerment, particularly for women unfamiliar with technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pak-looks-to-uaes-digital-governance-model.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pak looks to UAE\u2019s digital governance model for fiscal reforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister concluded by paying tribute to all stakeholders, including the State Bank of Pakistan, IT Ministry, banks, and development partners. \u201cWe are not just disbursing aid,\u201d he said, \u201cwe are raising an army of architects and workers to build the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday inaugurated 10 million digital wallets for beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), calling it a \u201chistoric step\u201d toward transparency, financial inclusion, and Pakistan\u2019s shift to a cashless economy. The launch ceremony, attended by federal ministers, BISP leadership, and international partners including GIZ, featured a symbolic palm-touch by the prime minister to activate the system. He congratulated BISP Chairperson Senator Rubina Khalid and partner institutions for what he described as a \u201clandmark decision that will safeguard genuine recipients and ease access to financial assistance.\u201d Read: PM Office credits digital push for PKR 455 bn surge in retail tax contribution PM Shehbaz noted that the digital wallet system would allow beneficiaries direct and secure access to funds, free from intermediaries. \u201cThis is not just aid \u2014 it is empowerment,\u201d he remarked, adding that linking benefits with women\u2019s CNICs strengthened their recognition and participation in the national economy. The prime minister also urged BISP leadership to link assistance with conditionalities on education and health, ensuring that families receiving support send their children to school and avail essential healthcare. He further stressed the need to shorten the programme\u2019s current implementation cycle from eight to ten&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":100274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[65191,23941,63403,64267,60340,67099,34475,20059,61118,64182,2631,7247,20060],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-benazir-income-support-programme","9":"tag-bisp","10":"tag-cashless-economy","11":"tag-digital-wallets","12":"tag-financial-inclusion","13":"tag-giz","14":"tag-pakistan-economy","15":"tag-poverty-alleviation","16":"tag-shehbaz-sharif","17":"tag-social-protection","18":"tag-state-bank-of-pakistan","19":"tag-transparency","20":"tag-women-empowerment","21":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM launches digital wallets for BISP beneficiaries - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The prime minister also urged BISP leadership to link assistance with conditionalities on education and health, ensuring that families...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-digital-wallets-for-bisp-beneficiaries.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM launches digital wallets for BISP beneficiaries - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The prime minister also urged BISP leadership to link assistance with conditionalities on education and health, ensuring that families...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-digital-wallets-for-bisp-beneficiaries.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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