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National Database and Registration Authority

National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA)
قومی مقتدرہِ اندراجات و معطیات
Agency overview
Formed10 March 2000 (2000-03-10)
TypeGovernment database
JurisdictionConstitution of Pakistan
HeadquartersState Bank of Pakistan Building, Sector G-5/2, Islamabad-44000, Pakistan
MottoEmpowerment through Identity
Employees70,000
Agency executive
  • Lt General Munir Afsar, Chairman
Parent departmentMinistry of Interior
Websitewww.nadra.gov.pk

The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) (Urdu: قومی مقتدرہِ اندراجات و معطیات) is an independent and autonomous agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan that regulates Government Databases and statistically manages the sensitive registration database of all the National Citizens of Pakistan.[1][2] Lieutenant General Muhammad Munir Afsar serves as Chairman of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Pakistan.[3]

NADRA is also responsible to issuing the Computerised National Identity Cards to the citizens of Pakistan, maintaining their sensitive informational upgraded in the government databases, and securing national identities of the citizens of Pakistan from being stolen and theft.[4][5] It is one of the largest government database institution, employing more than 11,000 people in more than 800 domestic offices and five international offices.[6]

Codified by the Second Amendment, §30 of the Constitution of Pakistan in 2000, the Constitution grants powers to NADRA to enact civil registration and sensitive databases of Pakistan's citizens; all databases are kept to ensure the safety of citizens' databases.

  1. ^ M. Ilyas Khan (8 June 2012). "Pakistan's experience with identity management". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. ^ 96 percent adults registered in Pakistan: NADRA Dawn (newspaper), Published 18 August 2012, Retrieved 22 February 2019
  3. ^ "Lt Gen Munir Afsar appointed NADRA Chairman: News Desk". 2 October 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference TNI1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Abdul Ahad (15 February 2013). "Government keen to speed up registration process: Chairman NADRA". Business Recorder (newspaper). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  6. ^ NADRA. "Smart National Identity Cards in Pakistan". NADRA (Pakistan). Retrieved 22 January 2013.

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