Pakistan's First Digital Marriage License with Biometric Verification Launched in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD — A new digital product launched in the federal capital is turning the moments after a Nikah into an interactive keepsake. The Digital Marriage License — Biometric Verification, created by Islamabad-based digital studio Asim Digital Hub, lets a bride and groom complete a fingerprint scan on an on-screen biometric device — after which a Marriage License is issued to them instantly, on the same page.

The page opens as a full-screen digital device. After a short power-on sequence, the bride and the groom each press and hold a finger on their sensor. The device reads the fingerprint, shows a live match score, and marks each scan Verified. When both verifications are complete, the couple's personalised Marriage License appears — an ATM-card-style design with a silver chip, an H & D monogram and the couple's names, shown front and back.

How it works

• Open the license page and press the device's Power button.
• The bride and groom scan their fingerprints, one by one.
• Both verified — the Marriage License is issued instantly.
• Download it as an image or PDF, or order a printed copy for home delivery.

The digital page is priced at Rs 299, while a printed copy in business-card size costs Rs 1,199 including home delivery. The makers clarify that the license is a celebration keepsake and a design product — it is not a government document; the official computerised Marriage Registration Certificate continues to be issued by Union Councils and NADRA.

Asim Digital Hub is run by founder Asim Safeer, an Islamabad-based digital creator originally from Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, known for digital wedding invitation cards, websites and two Urdu books on online business and digital marketing, both also published in English editions this month. His name profile page currently appears at the top of Google search results for his name — a milestone the studio attributes to a year of publishing its work on its own website.

This report is published on Asim Digital Hub's own website about its own product launch. The Capital News is the studio's in-house news-style masthead used for its announcements; it is not an independent newspaper.