The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has digitized 99 percent of payments at its service centres across Pakistan to make digital payments easier and accessible.
The progress was discussed at a meeting chaired by Minister of State for Railways and Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani at the Finance Division on October 13, 2026. Officials reviewed progress on digital payments and discussed targets for the next phase of the initiative.
The number of merchants accepting digital payments increased fourfold during the last fiscal year. Passport centres have also been enabled to accept digital payments.
Around 75 percent of payments across the federal government's centralized and self-accounting entities are now accepted digitally, according to the meeting's briefing.
Participants reviewed three key indicators to measure progress: the number of active and unique digital payment users, the annual number of digital transactions, and the number of merchants accepting digital payments.