KARACHI: Dow University of Health and Sciences (DUHS) came under an agreement with 1LINK (Pvt.) Ltd, as a biller to digitize bill collection. The strategic alignment with 1LINK will facilitate DUHS to collect online payments of fees from DUHS’s licensee via a wider national payment infrastructure (1BILL) through its 24/7 availability on all member banks, Mobile/Internet Banking, ATMs, and OTC channels, says a Press release.
Present at the occasion were Professor Dr. Muhammad Syed Quraishi, Vice Chancellor Dow University of Health and Sciences, and Mr. Najeeb Agrawalla CEO 1LINK, along with their teams.
Speaking on the occasion Professor Dr. Muhammad Syed Quraishi Vice Chancellor Dow University of Health and Sciences said, “Today we have signed an agreement with 1Link which I think will go a long way in helping our students and customers in their financial transactions in the university, It will also help our, finance directorate in resourcing the amount of money received by the university and transacted by DUHS to the vendors. I hope this will be a successful partnership and I am sure it will ease payment collection obstacles faced by the university.”
Najeeb Agrawalla, CEO, 1LINK commented, ”1LINK is honored to onboard DUHS on its grid for bill payments. 1LINK – DUHS alliance is another step toward facilitating students, alumni, and the customers and shifting them to digital channels. We hope that the enablement of this collection of bills on all 1LINK members’ channels (ADCs/OTC) will pave the way toward digitization and convenience. He commented that DUHS is one of the largest healthcare networks in Pakistan with notable Alumni present the world over.”
Present in the occasion from DUHS were Dr. Ashaq Afaq, Registrar, Syed Zainul Abdin Shah – Director Finance, Syed Sohaib Shams Director IT, Hamid Ali Shah Ad. Director Finance, Syed Farhan Mahmood, Director HR, Kamran Bilgrami Ex Head of Marketing and Alumni, Noman Qadri Senior legal counsel and Rakesh Kumar A.M Alumni and Marketing Communications. From 1Link present in the occasion were Syed Suleman Hasan, Chief Risk Officer & Corporate Affairs, Umer Ansari. Head of Business Development and Adeel Asad, AGM Digital Partnerships.
