Overview
- Border Health Services has pushed back the enforcement deadline so pilgrims can obtain the NADRA digital vaccination certificate after reports of long queues and limited capacity at the Federal Government Civil Dispensary in Karachi.
- The digital certificate links vaccination records with NADRA and covers polio, meningitis, yellow fever and influenza, with yellow fever required for travellers from parts of Africa and the Americas.
- Officials require pilgrims to register via the Pak ID app or at NADRA e‑Sahulat centres and advise applying well before travel to allow time for vaccination and digital processing.
- Published official charges list influenza at Rs1,720 and meningitis at Rs2,785 with a Rs150 NADRA service fee, while media reports say some facilitation points in Karachi are allegedly charging pilgrims substantially more.
- Authorities plan to expand the digital vaccination requirement beyond Karachi to airports in Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore and eventually to Hajj pilgrims, a rollout that could widen demand on vaccination centres and consumer‑protection needs.