State Bank of Pakistan has recommended using a money transfer service, Xoom, owned by PayPal, to facilitate overseas Pakistanis in sending their donations for CJ-PM Daimer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund.
XOOM by PayPal has agreements with five banks in Pakistan including National Bank of Pakistan, MCB Bank, Allied Bank, Bank Alfalah and United Bank Limited.
A majority of the Pakistani expatriates have sent their donations to Pakistan using credit or debit cards, however, their receipts take a few days to be transferred to the central bank’s account.
Xoom offers fast money transfer options including same day deposit/transfer of money and instant deposit of money from different countries to the five designated Pakistani banks.
It is pertinent to mention here that Finance Minister Asad Omer hinted at the launch of PayPal in Pakistan within the next few months. An increase in the money transferred to Pakistan for dams’ fund will pave the way towards the launch of PayPal’s mainstream services in Pakistan.
How does it work?
Overseas Pakistanis can use XOOM by going to this link.
You can view the step-by-step process of sending money through XOOM in English and Urdu on Youtube.
Overseas Contribution So Far
The contributions to the dams’ fund made by overseas Pakistanis stand at Rs. 379 million whereas the donations of resident Pakistanis are Rs. 4.09 billion as of October 2.
The donations sent by expatriate Pakistanis living in the USA has been the highest with Rs. 138 million. It was followed by UAE with Rs.38.7 million and UK with Rs. 36.8 million.
Countries with least donation received are Brazil with Rs. 2,500 and Fiji with Rs.25,000.
A donation of Rs. 36,065 was surprisingly received from India.
Dam Donations Reach Rs. 4 Billion
A great number of Pakistanis have continued to respond positively to the appeal of PM Imran Khan and the initiative of Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar for the dams’ fund which crossed the Rs. 4 billion mark on September 25.
According to the statistics updated by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the donations received by the central bank reached Rs. 4.113 billion from resident and expatriate Pakistanis in 2 months and 18 days.
It is pertinent to mention that the funds’ collected for Daimer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams have witnessed an accelerated growth especially in the past two weeks mainly due to the efforts of the Prime Minister Imran Khan through a televised appeal and a fund raising campaign held in Karachi.
In the first two months, the donations received stood at Rs 2 billion whereas the value has doubled in the next 18 days, according to the statistics posted by the central bank.
Not PayPal But Xoom (Owned By PayPal) Avaible in Pakistan Wao
The contributions to the dams’ fund made by overseas Pakistanis stand at Rs. 379 million whereas the donations of resident Pakistanis are Rs. 4.09 billion as of October 2.
Slap on those Overseas, who starts from “Mulk ham chala rhy hain” & ends “Mulk ham chala rhy hain”