The Islamabad district administration has introduced a cashless payment system in all Assistant Commissioners’ offices, with Quick Response (QR) code based payments now in use across the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Complex. The step is part of the plan of the administration to make the federal capital cashless. Under the new system, citizens will be able to pay fines through QR codes instead of cash, and the administration has directed all Assistant Commissioners’ offices to make sure that payments are made digitally. A visitor who comes to pay a fine can scan the code displayed at the office with a banking or mobile wallet application and complete the payment on the phone.
The QR code system has already been implemented in all offices located at the DC Complex, while QR codes are being installed in other offices of the district administration. The initiative is aimed at making payment procedures easier for citizens and ensuring transparency in the collection of fines and other payments. The Deputy Commissioner of Islamabad said that the codes were being installed in all offices to facilitate digital transactions, and that the cashless system would provide convenience to citizens and ensure transparency in official transactions. He added that the administration was committed to transforming Islamabad into a cashless city.
With the implementation of the system, citizens who visit the Assistant Commissioners’ offices will no longer need to carry cash to pay fines, since payments can be made through digital transactions. The district administration is extending the system to all of its offices to promote cashless payments across the federal capital. A digital record of each payment also gives the administration a trail that it can check, which is the main reason that officials link QR payments with transparency, as the money goes directly through banking channels instead of passing through counters.
The move follows a wider push in Islamabad for digital payments. Since September 2025, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been introducing the unified Raast QR code system, beginning with the weekly bazaars, and it later reported that more than 5,000 shopkeepers and merchants had been brought under the system, with plans to extend it to markets, shopping malls, and other public facilities. QR payments have also been introduced on the metro and electric feeder buses of the city, and the CDA has launched a cashless one-window facility. The latest decision of the district administration adds its own offices to that effort and extends QR payments to another point of contact between citizens and local government.
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