Face recognition facility urged by KCCI

KARACHI:

Keeping in view the grievances being suffered by millions of senior citizens above 60 years of age, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry President (KCCI) Muhammad Jawed Bilwani urged the government to replace NADRA's existing biometric verification with face recognition facility.

"Face recognition facility will provide a huge relief to millions of senior citizens facing immense hardships every day due to failure of biometric verification at various institutions," Bilwani said.

In a letter sent to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President KCCI stated that a large number of senior citizens including pensioners face immense hardships across Pakistan due to the biometric verification condition which usually fail in the case of senior citizens. "On one hand, NADRA is facilitating the younger lot by offering an online facility, as their fingerprints appear easily, but on the other, our senior citizens are being maltreated," he said, adding that it was known globally that senior citizens' fingerprints do not appear easily on biometric devices and machines, yet senior citizens in Pakistan are repeatedly asked to keep visiting NADRA and other institutions for biometric verification.