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Phases of the Tasdeeq Pakistan Initiative

Electronic Registration of Domestic worker & Blue Collar Workers with Tasdeeq

Provision of Feedback from Employers & Verifiable Work History recorded with Tasdeeq

Using NADRA issued CNIC to share Worker details (entered in the Tasdeeq platform) with Police & CPLC (Law Enforcement Agencies)

Ability to Purchase Hospital & Accidental Micro-Insurance with Tasdeeq

Ability to contribute towards Educational Expenses of the children of Domestic & Blue Collar Workers with Tasdeeq

Various Other Poverty Alleviation Initiatives through the Tasdeeq Platform

Ms. Hina Kazi*, a single parent of three young children, was a victim of a horrific attempted armed robbery at her home in DHA Karachi.
An armed masked robber, broke into her home on the night of September 17, 2018.
Luck and presence of mind saved Ms. Kazi.
She locked up herself and her children into a room, with a cell phone in hand.
This panicked the robber, and he ran away.
The maid later recounted to the police that she recognised the voice of the robber as that of being an old security guard.
Further police investigation revealed that while being employed as a security company employee with Ms. Kazi, the plan to rob her home was formulated. He left for another job after a month.
Remarkably, his day job now, was working as a “security guard”, a few houses down Ms. Kazi’s.

Mrs. Saeeda Khan* is a 70 years old widow who lives alone in a townhouse in Bath Island, Clifton, Karachi.
Mrs. Saeeda Khan was desperate for a housemaid and had asked a number of people in her social circle as well as people on the road (around her home) requesting for a maid.
A few days later a woman shows up on her door claiming being informed about the job from someone down the street, and seeks the position of the maid.
Mrs. Khan was overjoyed to see the woman, and without any hesitation hired her.
Two days later, that woman drugged Mrs. Saeeda Khan, and robbed her home.
Mrs. Saeeda Khan was later on taken by her daughter, who visited her the same night, and found her in an incapacitated state, to Aga Khan Hospital.
Police were left clueless, as no ID cards were taken, and the references provided turned out to be bogus.

A maid (resident of a rented dwelling in Baldia Town, Karachi) who worked at a household in DHA Karachi for over 15 years
She had two daughters and the youngest son, who was 13 years old.
One day, a wall fell on the 13-year-old son, which left him paralyzed.
The family spent over Rs. five lacs, out of their meager resources, on the son’s emergency hospital care.
Mother’s employer helped a lot financially.
Now, the boy is bedridden, with no hope in sight. Sister, who was previously a breadwinner of the family, now has to stay home to look after her brother.
This accident completely devastated the dynamics of this family.
Loans that were taken at the time have left the family impoverished.
This, along with the additional expenditures for medicines for the son, means that the family’s future might be at stake.
Our society and government have failed this and millions of families like these.

On August 13th, 2018, in the streets of DHA, Karachi, a stray bullet fired from a police rifle killed an innocent child.
DHA Karachi is an elite housing society which is characterised by people living in big houses protected by security guards and powered by huge generators.
Elites tend to create their own “islands” which may be very different from the happenings of the remainder of the city or the society in general.
This event shattered the myth of “island living” among the people that “Bad things will not happen to good people”.
This event, and the consequential action taken by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, showed that unless the civil society doesn’t wake up from their slumber and take charge of their surroundings, things cannot improve.