{
  "id": 657051,
  "title": "MoI explains how Metrash users can authorize relatives to activate app",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/moi-explains-how-metrash-users-can-authorize-relatives-to-activate-app",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:18:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/12/08/2026/moi-explains-how-metrash-users-can-authorize-relatives-to-activate-app"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doha, Qatar - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced a new Metrash feature that permits users to grant their relatives (spouses and children) the ability to activate the Metrash app on their own devices, even if they lack a mobile number in Qatar, according to a MoI statement.\n\nTo utilize this service, Metrash users must navigate to the app's main menu, choose 'Delegation', and then proceed to 'Relative Registration'. Upon doing so, users are required to input pertinent information, encompassing the relative's QID number, expiration date, and the mobile number intended for registration. Subsequently, clicking 'Add' concludes the procedure.\n\nOnce the request is submitted, the designated relative gains authorization to employ the specified mobile number to activate the Metrash application on their device.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has highlighted a Metrash service that allows users to authorize their relatives (wife and children) to activate the Metrash application on their own devices, even if they do not have a mobile number in Qatar.</p> <p>“Users can authorize their relatives to activate the Metrash application on their phones in case they do not own a phone number,” the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}