Regardless of 98.3pc grownup registration in Nationwide Identification System, 1.7 laptop residual hole stays

ISLAMABAD: Whereas Pakistan has achieved roughly 98.3 % grownup registration within the Nationwide Identification System, a residual hole of practically 1.7 % stays.
This hole is extra pronounced amongst females and, for each genders, in sure districts the place civil documentation protection is relatively weaker. In most such circumstances, the absence of a Native Authorities issued computerized delivery certificates, the first feeder doc for first-time registration, has been the principal obstacle.
In the course of the preparation of its Annual Report 2025, NADRA undertook an in depth evaluation of registration information for the final ten years in coordination with the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the Election Fee of Pakistan, the Nationwide Fee on the Standing of Ladies, the Nationwide Fee for Baby Welfare and Improvement and different stakeholders. The train examined demographic developments, district-level variations and gender differentials to determine the causes of the residual hole and formulate corrective measures.
Upon presentation of those findings, the Federal Minister for Inside and Narcotics Management directed the introduction of a structured and legally grounded facilitation mechanism, which was subsequently accepted by the NADRA Authority Board.
Accordingly, NADRA has launched a time-bound facilitation for first-time registration, legitimate till 31 December 2026. Underneath this framework, Computerised Nationwide Identification Playing cards (CNICs) could also be issued, topic to strict verification circumstances, the place the Native Authorities issued computerized delivery certificates shouldn’t be obtainable.
This facilitation has been accepted beneath Part 5(1)(b) and Part 20 of the NADRA Ordinance, 2000, learn with Rule 8 of the NADRA NIC Guidelines, 2002, which enable different verification mechanisms in specified classes.
CNIC issuance beneath this framework shall be allowed solely the place id is established by means of NADRA’s present data and necessary biometric verification of already registered rapid members of the family.
For a married girl aged eighteen years or above, a legitimate Native Authorities Nikah Nama, a legitimate CNIC or NICOP of both father or mother, a legitimate CNIC or NICOP of the husband, and biometric verification of 1 father or mother and the husband shall be necessary.
For an single feminine aged eighteen years or above, the husband-related situation shall not apply; nevertheless, a legitimate CNIC or NICOP of both father or mother and biometric verification of 1 father or mother shall be necessary.
For a male applicant above twenty-four years of age, issuance shall be allowed solely the place both father or mother holds a legitimate CNIC or NICOP and at the least one sibling additionally holds a legitimate CNIC or NICOP, with necessary biometric verification of 1 father or mother.
The place each mother and father or the husband are deceased however their data exist inside NADRA, the authorised officer could grant exemption from biometric verification, topic to record-based linkage and passable verification checks. This facilitation is strictly time-bound and verification-based.
To additional facilitate candidates, Teslin non-smart CNICs utilized for beneath the Regular class shall be issued beneath this framework with none price.
As soon as recorded within the Nationwide Identification System, parentage, date of delivery and fatherland shall be irrevocable and non-changeable. Residents are subsequently suggested to make sure the accuracy of all data on the time of registration.
Eligible candidates are inspired to strategy the closest NADRA Registration Centre to avail themselves of this time-bound facilitation. -NNI