Govt Launches Remote Biometric Verification for Overseas Pensioners

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has unleashed a digital revolution for overseas Pakistani pensioners, rolling out remote biometric verification, seamless data integration, and zero-hassle payments, APP reports. Finance Ministry, CGA, and AGPR are crushing decades-old delays, verification nightmares, and record gaps with NADRA’s game-changing digital platform — facial recognition + biometric proof-of-life from anywhere in the world, no more flights to Pakistan. Launch imminent. They’re also welding together pension & GPF records across autonomous bodies and AGPR, ending the chaos for civil servants posted outside mainstream departments. A unified tracking system is coming to lock every contribution and transfer. Abolished/merged organisations’ pensioners are next — end-of-service benefits, leave encashment, and GPF fast-tracked. State Bank and commercial banks ordered to sync systems for non-stop overseas payments. This is the biggest pension overhaul ever — timely, accurate, secure payments for retirees at home and abroad.