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National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) was established on 10 March 2000, by merging Directorate General of Registration Pakistan, a department created under the 1973 Constitution, with the National Database Organisation (NDO), an attached department under the Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan created for the 1998 census ...
The Computerised National Identity Card ( CNIC) ( Urdu: قومی شناختی کارڈ) is an identity card with a 13-digit number available to all adult citizens of Pakistan and their diaspora counterparts, obtained voluntarily. It includes biometric data such as 10 fingerprints, 2 iris prints, and a facial photo.
For children under 18, NADRA provides Juvenile Card (previously known as Smart National Identity Card 'SNIC') but it is not valid for voting or polling . CNIC complies with ICAO standard 9303 and ISO standard 7816-4 and has English and Urdu translations, an integrated chip, QR code for more personal data, and more security features. The CNIC is ...
The identification number has 8-digit standard format: NNNNNNN (N), where N is a numeric digit 0–9. The first numeric digit N has special meaning, and it can be one of the following digits: '1', '5' or '7'. '1': The first-time date of issuance of ID card to the bearer was 1992 or later.
The National Alien Registration Authority ( NARA) was an institution of the Government of Pakistan, under the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control, for the main purpose of legally registering and documenting immigrants and other foreign residents in the country. [1] NARA was established in 2000, and was headquartered in the City of Karachi.
Earlier on, National Identity Cards (NICs) were issued to citizens of Pakistan. Now, the government has shifted all its existing records of National Identity Cards (NIC) to the central computerized database managed by NADRA. New CNIC's are machine readable and have security features such as facial and fingerprint information.
The Ministry of Interior ( Urdu: وزارتِ داخلہ, abbreviated as MoI) is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the internal policies, state security, administration of internal affairs involving the state. The ministry is led by the Interior Minister, the Minister of ...
Pakistani nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Pakistan. The primary law governing these requirements is the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951, which came into force on 13 April 1951. With few exceptions, all individuals born in the country are automatically citizens at birth.