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Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said the next major challenge after the implementation of the Hijri calendar is to replace credit and debit cards by mobile phone payment.
He said in a statement issued on twitter it is necessary for payments to be made easy for technological advancement. Inshallah in the next few months you will be able to make all your payments through your mobile from your bus ticket to purchasing a new car.
قمری کیلنڈر کے بعد اگلا بڑا چیلنج کریڈٹ کارڈ اور ڈیبٹ کارڈز کو موبائل فون پیمنٹ سے replace کرنا ہے، ٹیکنالوجی کی ترقی کیلئے ادائیگیوں (payments) کا آسان ہونا لازمی ہے، انشااللہٰ چند مہینوں میں آپ کی تمام ادائیگیاں بس کے کرائے سے گاڑی خریدنے تک موبائل سے ہوں گی۔
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 27, 2019
Fawad Chaudhry had announced to launch lunar calendar to ease moonsighting during Ramadan and other Islamic months. He launched the first moon sighting website on Sunday.
Mobile payments can be made directly from mobile phones. They use mobile wallets (such as Easy paisa and Jazz Cash), which store your debit and credit card information so you can pay for your goods and services digitally. They are generally considered safer alternatives to credit or debit card use.
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Mobile payments are especially popular in China, which has a $12.77 trillion mobile payment market.