Get a Free Cochlear Implant for Your Child From Bait-ul-Mal, Under Age 5
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal pays the full cost of a cochlear implant for poor children under 5. See the online form, documents, medical board review and tracking.
Short answer: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal pays the full cost of a cochlear implant for poor families. Register your child online at pbm.gov.pk/CochlearRegistration.html. The child must be under 5 years old. You need the father's CNIC, the child's B-Form and the name of the hospital or medical board that recommended the implant. It is free to apply.
We opened the registration form, the tracking page and Bait-ul-Mal's medical assistance policy on 9 October 2026. A cochlear implant costs more than Rs 2.5 million, according to Bait-ul-Mal, which says it has sponsored about 2,500 of these surgeries. For a family on a daily wage, this programme is often the only way a child born deaf gets one.
Bait-ul-Mal pays the full cost of a cochlear implant for poor children
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal, the federal welfare agency, covers the full cost of a cochlear implant for deserving patients. Its board approved full funding in September 2019. The child gets the surgery and follow-up speech therapy at a partner hospital.
A cochlear implant is a small electronic device placed in the inner ear by surgery. It sends signals straight to the hearing nerve. For a child with severe or total hearing loss, it can make speech possible where an ordinary hearing aid does not help.
Bait-ul-Mal's board decided at its 65th meeting, on 5 September 2019, to pay the full cost of the implant. It also allowed contracts with private hospitals for the surgery. In December 2025, Bait-ul-Mal's Managing Director said the programme had sponsored about 2,500 implant surgeries and speech therapy courses.
Your child must be under 5 and the family must be poor
The online form accepts children under 5 years of age. The family must be poor or deserving, which Bait-ul-Mal checks through its own inquiry. A hospital or medical board must have recommended the implant.
Age matters because children learn to speak in their first few years, so doctors usually advise an early implant. The form states the limit plainly: "Age must be less than 5 years". When we read the form's code, its date check rejected any birth date before 1 April 2021. Go by the stated rule of under 5.
Bait-ul-Mal's medical assistance policy has no separate income line for cochlear cases. For its general medical help, a district officer checks the family's economic status before a case is sent for approval. Government employees in grades 1 to 12 can also be considered case by case under that policy.
| What the form asks | What to have ready |
|---|---|
| Patient name and father's name | As written on the B-Form |
| Child's date of birth | Must show the child is under 5 |
| Father's CNIC number | Typed with dashes, 15 characters |
| Form B number | The child's NADRA registration |
| Contact number and email | A number you will answer |
| Address, province and district | Your home district from the list |
| Recommended by | The hospital or medical board |
If your child has no B-Form yet, get one first. Registering a child with NADRA comes first, because the form asks for the B-Form number.
Register online in five steps
Open the registration page, fill in every field in one sitting, choose your province and district, name the recommending hospital, and submit. Bait-ul-Mal's medical board then reviews the case and its officials call you if it is approved.
- Get a hearing test and a written recommendation for a cochlear implant from an ENT department at a government or teaching hospital.
- Open pbm.gov.pk and click Register Now under Cochlear Implant, or go straight to pbm.gov.pk/CochlearRegistration.html.
- Enter the child's and father's details. Type the CNIC with dashes, or the form will refuse it.
- Pick your province and district, and write the hospital or board that recommended the implant.
- Submit the form. Bait-ul-Mal says you must finish it in one session, so keep your papers beside you.
Bait-ul-Mal warns that incomplete or false details can delay or deny help. Check the phone number twice, because approval comes by a call.
Track the case on mis.pbm.gov.pk with the CNIC and mobile number
After you apply, track the case at mis.pbm.gov.pk/track. Choose Cochlear Implant as the project, enter the beneficiary's CNIC and mobile number, and type the code shown. The page shows where the case stands.
The review is done by Bait-ul-Mal's standing or special medical board. If the board approves the case, Bait-ul-Mal staff contact the family for the next steps, including the hospital and surgery date. Bait-ul-Mal pays the hospital directly. Under its policy, medical payments go by crossed cheque to the hospital, not cash to the family.
Bait-ul-Mal has named some of the hospitals doing these surgeries. It signed an agreement with Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore in December 2025, and in November 2025 its Managing Director visited Fauji Foundation Hospital to review sponsored cases. Your case may go to another panel hospital near you.
Never pay an agent, and ask the district office if nothing happens
Registration is free and is done only on pbm.gov.pk. Nobody needs to be paid to "push" a case. If you hear nothing for weeks, visit the Bait-ul-Mal district office or email the address on the form.
The form gives ad.it@pbm.gov.pk for questions. Take a printout or a screenshot of your submitted form, the hospital recommendation and the child's B-Form when you visit an office.
Bait-ul-Mal also gives hearing aids, wheelchairs and other devices to older children and adults who are not candidates for an implant. Those come under a separate scheme for hearing aids and wheelchairs from Bait-ul-Mal, with its own forms.
If you are refused and believe the decision is wrong, Bait-ul-Mal is a federal body, so you can complain to the Wafaqi Mohtasib, the federal ombudsman, free of charge.
Common questions
Is the Bait-ul-Mal cochlear implant really free?
Yes, for approved cases. Bait-ul-Mal's board allowed it to pay the full cost of the implant in 2019, and it pays the hospital directly.
What is the age limit for a free cochlear implant?
Under 5 years. The registration form says the child's age must be less than 5 years.
Which documents do I need to apply?
The father's CNIC number, the child's B-Form number, contact details, your district and the name of the hospital or medical board that recommended the implant.
How much does a cochlear implant cost in Pakistan?
More than Rs 2.5 million, according to Bait-ul-Mal's Managing Director in December 2025. Private hospital prices vary.
How do I check my cochlear implant application status?
Go to mis.pbm.gov.pk/track, choose Cochlear Implant, and enter the CNIC and mobile number you used on the form.
Can an adult get a cochlear implant from Bait-ul-Mal?
The online form is only for children under 5. An adult can ask the Bait-ul-Mal district office about medical assistance, but the cochlear form will not accept them.
How we verified this
What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.
Last checked on 9 October 2026. The form fields, the age rule and the contact email are from Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal's cochlear implant registration page. The programme description and the medical board review are from Bait-ul-Mal's projects page. The 2019 full-cost decision, the economic check and the crossed cheque rule are from Bait-ul-Mal's Individual Financial Assistance policy. The Rs 2.5 million cost, the 2,500 surgeries and the hospital partners are from Bait-ul-Mal's press releases of November and December 2025. Tracking is from mis.pbm.gov.pk/track.
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