Pakistan’s digital ID authority drops paper files with new operations system
“We are heading towards becoming a non-bureaucratic organization,” announces Tariq Malik, chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority of…
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8M overseas Pakistanis register for digital ID, pensioners face more biometric checks
More than 8.2 million Pakistanis abroad who hold the National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) have registered with the…
NADRA goes all out for handling complaints
The National Database and Registration Authority of Pakistan (NADRA) has launched a Centralized Complaint Management System (NCCMS) which allows citizens…
Contactless biometrics app to play key role in Pakistan’s digital wallet rollout
Pakistan is claiming a world’s first for using contactless biometrics on mobile devices to enroll individuals to its national ID…
Pakistan launches digital wallet for financial inclusion on back of biometric SIM registry
Pakistan’s government has unveiled a plan to bring 50 million people into the financial system by leveraging the country’s biometric…
Public sector biometrics use expands in Pakistan with pension, charity schemes
A biometric system to facilitate identity verification of pension earners in Pakistan is now operational, reports the Associated Press of…
Pakistan to address biometrics exclusion concerns for cash support beneficiaries
Authorities is Pakistan say they are working on a process to avoid further exclusion of beneficiaries from cash support programs…
NADRA rejects biometric database hacking allegation, seeks explanation
The National Database and Registration Authority of Pakistan (NADRA) has strongly rejected claims by an official of the country’s Federal…
Arrests in Pakistan for fake fingerprint biometrics, NADRA breach alleged
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested two men in Faisalabad for allegedly being involved in activating SIM cards with…
Pakistan gymnastics team fights for ID in case which could bring it to 3 million
A team of young gymnasts who are excluded from Pakistan’s centralized digital identity system are fighting to be recognized by the…
