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Pakistan rolls out at-home facial recognition for pensioner proof-of-life checks

Pakistan launched a mobile proof-of-life service allowing pensioners to complete verification remotely with facial recognition.

2026-06-22CC-BY-4.0proof-of-lifepensionspublic-benefitsmobile-id

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  • The service lets retirees verify liveness and identity without visiting a bank branch or government office.
  • The flow matches a smartphone selfie against identity records in Pakistan's NADRA ecosystem.
  • The use case extends biometric identity verification into recurring benefit eligibility and public-sector payment assurance.

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Remote proof-of-life checks are a recurring public-sector identity pattern: biometric liveness and face matching can reduce in-person friction while supporting eligibility controls for pension and benefits programs.

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