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Passport and digital ID card scandal unravels in Pakistan
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has conducted a secret operation that involved giving Afghan individuals fake passports from Pakistan, in…
| Feb 21, 2024 | NADRA decision on trans IDs presents a democratic exclusion challengeThe National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) decided to suspend the “X” category Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) after receiving… |
| Feb 12, 2024 | NADRA and SBP lead collaborative reforms for financial stability in PakistanThe State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) are leading transformative efforts in a… |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Nigeria contracts Pakistan’s digital ID agency to upgrade NIN middlewareThe digital identity authorities of Pakistan and Nigeria have signed a strategic partnership agreement to expand their collaboration. Pakistan’s National… |
| Jan 16, 2024 | NADRA partners with local university to promote biometrics research, developmentPakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Technologies Limited (NTL) will share its expertise with the Islamabad National University of… |
| Jan 5, 2024 | NADRA pens deal to pursue domestic biometric, digital ID-related services offeringA collaboration that seeks to promote the indigenous design and production of biometric and identity-related technologies has been sealed between… |
| Jan 3, 2024 | Pakistan nabs quartet of ex-NADRA officials for issuing fake biometric ID cardsFormer officers of Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) have been arrested and accused of selling fake computerized national… |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Pakistan’s Sindh state installs inmate biometrics system at 14 prisonsFourteen prisons in the Pakistani state of Sindh are now equipped with biometric systems for the identification and monitoring of… |
| Nov 24, 2023 | Biometrics ID the living and the dead in Pakistan, from family registration to the morgueIn Pakistan, biometric systems are in use at both ends of the family identity spectrum; to verify its identity, and… |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Pakistan cracking down on fake ID cardsThe National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in Pakistan has implemented a more rigorous biometric verification process as part of… |
| Oct 13, 2023 | NADRA boss accuses staff of issuing national digital IDs to foreignersSome staff of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) have willingly played a role in the issuance of national… |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Court challenge frees up NADRA to restart ID card issuance to trans peoplePakistan’s national database and registry, NADRA, is resuming issuing ID cards to transgender people using an X to designate a… |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Somalia begins issuing new biometric digital ID developed with NADRA’s helpSomalia has launched its own biometric identity card system with the head of the government expressing hope it will help… |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Pakistan expands project for biometric identification of unidentified bodies and patientsAfter delays, the caretaker government in Punjab has collaborated with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and the healthcare… |
| Aug 1, 2023 | Still dealing with leak fallout, NADRA officials resist investigationsThere appears to be no central government policy in Pakistan for how to handle a catastrophic divulging and selling of… |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Battle on to choose contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID schemeThe race to pick a contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID project is said to be hotting up with the… |
| Jul 3, 2023 | Pakistan ID agency head resigns, citing ‘polarized political environment’The chairman of Pakistan’s digital ID agency NADRA, Tariq Malik, has resigned from his position in the wake of a… |
| Jun 8, 2023 | Facial recognition used to identify victims of deadly train accident in IndiaRailway authorities have used facial recognition technology to determine the identity of at least 50 dead bodies from the recent… |
| Jun 5, 2023 | NADRA adds iris to automated biometric identification platform with Iris IDPakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced iris biometrics as the third ID verification option on its Automated… |
| May 25, 2023 | NADRA launches Nishan Pakistan platform, lets startups leverage digital identity stackThe National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has launched the Beta version of Nishan Pakistan, a platform to enable small… |
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Kwick High Tech innovation supports massive biometrics programs
Some of the most ambitious biometric regulations in the world are taking place in Pakistan, where the government has determined…
