All NADRA offices are closed and nobody was paying attention to their urgent complaints, they complained. Another woman, Bashiran, highlighted that the government had sent Ehsas programme money in the name of her husband who had recently passed away. “I requested officials distributing money at the cash disbursement centre but in vain. As per Ehsas Emergency Cash disbursement process, the biometric verification of thumb impressions is mandatory to get the cash aid being offered by the federal government to the low-income strata. Biometric machines provided at cash disbursement centres failed to capture their thumb impressions.

Source: The Express Tribune May 01, 2020 03:11 UTC