Islamabad: National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA)
has launched a mobile SMS service in collaboration with Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and all operating telecom companies to
determine a person’s existence in the beneficiary list for Pakistan
Card project to facilitate the rain affected people in checking the
status of their requests.
Deputy Chairman NADRA, Tariq Malik, stated this in a statement issued here on Friday.
He
said out of 62 total 47 centers of National Database & Registration
Authority (NADRA) are operational in six districts i.e. Badin, Tando
Mohammad Khan, Shaheed Benazirabad Mirpurkhas, Tando Allahyar and
Sanghar whereas other 15 centers on completing its task are now
addressing the complaints from genuine beneficiaries, who were unable to
get registration for Pakistan Cards. He pointed out that throughout the
process, NADRA ensured strong checks in the software so that only
deserving families belonging to provincially notified calamity hit areas
could obtain Pakistan Cards.
Tariq Malik informed that NADRA
has so far issued 592,651 Pakistan Cards in totality to heads of the
rain-affected families in Sindh. 105,455 Pakistan cards in Mirpurkhas,
240,227 in Badin, 79,946 in Tando Mohammad Khan and 156,324 in Shaheed
Benazirabad (Nawabshah), 8011 in Tando Allahyar and 2684 in Sanghar have
been issued to the heads of the families.
He said that NADRA
has launched a mobile SMS service in collaboration with Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and all operating telecom companies to
determine a person’s existence in the beneficiary list for Pakistan
Card project to facilitate the rain affected people in checking the
status of their requests. The eligibility of the applicant for Pakistan
card can be checked by simply sending his/her CNIC number to the
designated short code i.e. 9777. In response, a text message will be
sent from NADRA central server confirming CNIC existence in the
beneficiary list. The intent to use this service is to assist provincial
and local governments to curtail down rush at the centers and to help
the flood victims by using technology while this service is free of
cost, he added.
NADRA, in addition to setting up centers, has
also mobilized its mobile resources MRVs (Mobile Registration Vans) to
process CNIC free of cost in all affected areas in coordination with the
public representatives and district administrators, he added.
He said that NADRA has also issued 77,833 free of cost CNICs so far among the flood/ rain-hit victims. Online
