Overview
- Officials told Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that between July 2025 and January 2026, Rs1.6 trillion in government salaries, pensions and vendor payments were routed through Raast.
- Sharif directed every government institution to include QR codes on bills so citizens can make digital payments.
- Officials said a national digital payments dashboard is being prepared to streamline and monitor transactions across the country.
- The State Bank reported last year that Raast had processed more than 892 million transactions worth about Rs20 trillion since its 2021 launch.
- At MWC Barcelona, JazzCash reported nearly 58 million customers and over one million Raast QR-enabled merchants, underscoring private-sector scale in the rollout.