KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced to pay the daily-wage earners through a mobile wallet application due to the lockdown imposed by the coronavirus outbreak.
The payment will be transferred through the application, the laborer would have to upload his CNIC number card and phone numbers at the nearest mobile market. The government in this regard, had asked the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and State Bank for help verifying them.
People who have a record of recently traveling abroad, except for Hajj or pilgrimages, would not be entitled to this money. Those with over Rs10,000 in their bank accounts would not be eligible for this scheme either, as per the government’s statement.
The daily-wage earners have been affected the most since the lockdown began in Sindh. The activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party in this regard distributed ration bags among 700 daily earner laborers and needy families in Karachi.
Food package worth Rs 1500, comprising 10 kg flour, 5 kg rice, two kg sugar, 1-litre oil, hand sanitizers, and masks were distributed to about 700 underprivileged families. Sindh has reported 502 known cases of the coronavirus last night, with three deaths.
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