Nadra cancels 4.2 million CNICs of deceased individuals
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Body (Nadra) has cancelled around 4.2 million Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) of
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Nadra cancels 4.2 million CNICs of deceased individuals
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Body (Nadra) has cancelled around 4.2 million Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) of individuals who have been recorded as deceased in provincial civil registration systems, according to a official comment released by the body.
In many cases, while deaths are formally registered, the next of kin do not apply for the cancellation of CNICs of the deceased, resulting in a discrepancy between civil registration records and Nadra’s database.
Under the legal directive structure, Nadra maintains and updates the national citizen database by incorporating “vital life-event information” — birth, death, marriage, and divorce — received from provincial and local Civil Registration Management Systems (CRMS), the comment stated.
These records are documented and registered at local civil registration representatives, including union councils, town committees and cantonment boards, typically by blood relatives of the individuals concerned, it detailed.
“In pursuance of its statutory authority under Sections 7(b)(ii) and 21 of the Nadra Executive statute 2000, and Rules 16 and 17 of the Nadra (National Identity Card) Rules 2002, [Nadra] has undertaken a nationwide restoration of relations of civil registration records with the national citizen database to ensure the accuracy and integrity of Pakistan’s identity system,” the comment stated.
The cancellation of 4.2m CNICs is part of the exercise to reconcile the records.
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