NBP AND ISLAMABAD TRAFFIC POLICE SIGN AGREEMENT FOR E-
CHALLAN & PAYMENTS
Islamabad, January 08, 2018: In a grand ceremony in IG Office Islamabad, National Bank of Pakistan and
Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP), signed an agreement for E-Challan and payments system in Islamabad Capital precinct.
This partnership will enable the is
application along with electronic receipt to driver via SMS.
This state of the art solution being deployed by NBP will digitize the issuance mechanism as well as the payment
collection at J-Cash Branchless Banking outlets along with Mobile Wallets. NBP will also add all its partner
organizations for the collection including Jazzcash, easypaisa and others.
The agreement was signed by Mr. Saeed Ahmad – CEO/President National Bank of Pakistan and IG Islamabad Dr.
Sultan-e- Azam Temuri, in the presence of senior officials including Mudassir H. Khan – SEVP/Group Chief Payment
Services & Digital Banking Group, Mr. Mir Wais – DIG Operations, and other delegates. This initiative of NBP and ITP,
will bring transparency as well as convenience for both the general public of Islamabad and the ITP officials; to
receive real time confirmation of e-challan along with opening of thousands of outlets for challan payments for the
ease of public, as they would not have to look for a bank to pay challan after waiting in long ques. This solution was
originally conceived by Mr. Azfar Jamal – EVP/Head of Innovation & E-Banking NBP, Mr. Malik Matloob – SSP Traffic
Islamabad and Noman Azhar SVP/Head of Branchless Banking JS Bank, who along with their teams made
tremendous efforts to bring this initiative to fruition.
Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Saeed Ahmad said “This service offers simplification of work, which leads to time
saving, and minimizes book entry errors as everything will be done digitally. Leveraging the bank’s financial expertise
coupled with the extensive network of J-Cash and our other partner organizations; we are continuously striving to
provide digital solutions to meet financial needs of the general public of Pakistan. NBP will also add more payments
channels to create further ease to general public including M-Wallet, Plastic, ATMs etc.” He emphasized on
continuous training needs to ensure that the solutions creates the real benefit, although NBP has already conducted
3 training sessions for ITP officials but regular trainings and public awareness will bring the real outcome of this
digitization. He further said “This solution will also help ITP in building a database that can be analyzed to further
improve their systems, for enforcement and safety, and for performance evaluation of their officers”
Sharing his views IG Islamabad Dr. Temuri said “This is a very special day for Islamabad Traffic Police, as it takes lead
in providing the digital solution that is the first initiative. In our Safe City initiatives, we shall strive to make extensive
use of digital facilities. We are extremely proud and happy to partner with NBP, which has resulted in this solution,
designed to facilitate not only our traffic officials but also the general public at large. Convenience has become a
necessity of time and we are glad that NBP along with their strategic partners, is taking the lead in ensuring not only
ITP, but the general public experiences the ease of technology”.
