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NADRA Unveils Next-Generation CNICs With Secure QR-Based Verification
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has begun issuing Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) embedded with machine-readable QR codes, ending reliance on the traditional…
Punjab Cracks Down on Manual Receipts With Rs1m Fines for Violators
The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has imposed a complete ban on the issuance of manual receipts across restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, and marriage halls throughout…
Big Relief for Card Payments at Petrol Pumps as SBP Caps Charges
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has ordered all petrol pumps across the country to adopt the Raast QR code payment system, aiming to promote…
PayPak Cards May Become Mandatory for Govt Salaries, Subsidies
1LINK has proposed making PayPak cards compulsory for salary accounts of government employees, along with subsidy programmes and public sector payments, as part of an…
FBR Notifies Special Tax Procedure for Small Shopkeepers
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified the Special Procedure for Small Shopkeepers for tax year 2026, allowing eligible retailers with annual turnover of…
Register via QR Code or Risk Losing Your Electricity Subsidy
More than 1.8 million protected electricity consumers in the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company region have failed to complete mandatory QR code registration, putting their government…
No More Tax Raids: FBR Unveils Green Plate for Shopkeepers
The Federal Board of Revenue has barred Inland Revenue officers from entering small shops and retail outlets over tax matters, under a new registration scheme…
FBR Plans Audit-Free One Percent Tax Scheme for Small Businesses
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has proposed a simplified, voluntary tax scheme allowing small shopkeepers with annual turnover of up to Rs200 million to…
Digital Payments Triple in Pakistan as Mobile Banking Reaches 137 Million
Digital payments across Pakistan surged by 300 percent over the past year, with mobile banking users rising to 137 million and cash payments under the…
IHC Issues Notice to Immigration DG Over Alleged Umrah Offloading
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued notice to the director general of immigration after three people, including a married couple, were offloaded at the…
Raast QR Enables Cashless Challan Payments on Three Key Motorways
Pakistan has launched a QR-based digital payment system for traffic fines on selected motorways, developed in collaboration with the NHA, NHMP, and Zindigi-JS Bank. The…
FIA Offloads Qatar-Bound Man With Fake Licence
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immigration officials at Karachi Airport offloaded a passenger traveling to Qatar after intercepting a fraudulent Pakistani driving licence. As per…
Punjab Launches QR Panic Button for Public Transport
Punjab has launched a QR-based panic button system across its public transport network, covering buses, vans, rickshaws, taxis, and other vehicles throughout the province. The…
