Overview
- NADRA’s Authority Board approved a time-bound facility, effective through December 31, 2026, permitting first-time CNIC issuance without a computerised birth certificate under specified alternative checks.
- Eligibility hinges on existing NADRA records and mandatory biometric verification of immediate relatives; married women must provide a verified Nikah Nama plus parents’ and husband’s IDs, while unmarried women require a parent’s ID and men over 24 need a parent’s ID and a registered sibling.
- Officials may waive live biometrics where both parents or a husband are deceased but recorded in NADRA, and applicants under the scheme will receive a free non-smart CNIC.
- Once entered, parentage as well as date and place of birth become irrevocable, with the facilitation aimed at closing an estimated 1.7% adult registration gap that is more pronounced among women and in certain districts.
- NADRA reports 227 million registered citizens—nearly 97% coverage—while 31.9 million Union Council birth records await integration, as outreach expands via 938 centers, 231 mobile vans and the Pak ID app handling about 15% of workload.