BISP and JazzCash Discuss Seamless Disbursement for Upcoming Tranche

Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Rubina Khalid met with Haaris Mahmood, Interim CEO Mobilink Microfinance Bank and Arif Chaudhary, Head of Public Sector Partnerships JazzCash today at BISP headquarters. They talked about JazzCash’s seamless arrangements for the upcoming BISP tranche for registered deserving beneficiaries.

In February 2024, JazzCash was selected as one of the few prestigious financial institutions partnering with the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) to disburse funds to empower marginalised communities. Under the 3-year partnership, JazzCash will facilitate cash withdrawals through biometrically enabled services.

This collaboration underscores JazzCash’s commitment to advancing financial inclusion to catalyse Pakistan’s socio-economic development. As a signatory of GSMA’s Connected Women Commitment Initiative, JazzCash has committed to increasing the proportion of women in their mobile money customer base, which currently stands at 30%.

Mazhar Ali Raza

Mazhar Ali Raza is a senior journalist from Karachi. He has served more than twenty years in journalism. He was recently associated with the dunya media group as a senior business reporter from the last eleven years . Prior to that he has worked for CNBC for the period of four years. His major beats were the energy auto banking and agriculture sector . He has covered many seminars and exhibitions in Pakistan and abroad as well .