Scrutiny mechanism: Only 4% of blocked CNICs restored, says report
Of the 165,652 cards blocked in three years, only 6,667 were cleared
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ISLAMABAD:
Only four per cent of the blocked Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) have been restored over the past three and a half years, data submitted to the Senate Secretariat showed.
Between June 2013 and October 30 last year, as many as 165,652 CNICs were blocked across the country out of which only 6,667 have been restored.
Officials working in NADRA and the Ministry of Interior said that these figures included only CNICs that were blocked and cleared and identified by NADRA’s internal scrutiny mechanism.
They do not include those identified during NADRA’s six-month-long re-verification campaign or those who are under observation of secret agencies.
Data showed that most of these CNICs were blocked over the past three and a half years in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
As many as 60,026 CNICs were blocked in K-P. Of the total, only 3,379 were cleared, amounting to just 5.6 per cent of the total blocked CNICs.
Punjab was listed second in terms of blocked CNICs as 41,177 were blocked and 15,28 CNICs were cleared or just 3.7 per cent of the total blocked CNICs.
At least 29,868 CNICs were blocked in Sindh of which 1,023 were cleared while 18,997 CNICs were blocked in Balochistan of which only 336 were cleared.
In Fata, a total of 7,965 CNICs were blocked of which only 250 were cleared.
In Islamabad, a total of 4,712 CNICs were blocked and of the total, only 98 were cleared.
In Azad Kashmir, 1,864 CNICs were blocked and 36 were cleared and 937 CNICs of people abroad were blocked and 10 of these were cleared.
Only 106 CNICs were blocked in Gilgit-Baltistan and seven of them were cleared.
According to standard procedure, a legal notice is served under Section 23 of the NADRA Ordinance before blocking any ID card. If the individual approached NADRA with correct particulars and documents, his or her CNIC is modified after a systematic procedure and board meetings.
For this purpose, Revocation Boards have been constituted in all NADRA zones.
CNICs of ‘confirmed aliens’ are revoked after the nationality status of the individual is confirmed by verifying agency.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 2nd, 2017.
Only four per cent of the blocked Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) have been restored over the past three and a half years, data submitted to the Senate Secretariat showed.
Between June 2013 and October 30 last year, as many as 165,652 CNICs were blocked across the country out of which only 6,667 have been restored.
Officials working in NADRA and the Ministry of Interior said that these figures included only CNICs that were blocked and cleared and identified by NADRA’s internal scrutiny mechanism.
They do not include those identified during NADRA’s six-month-long re-verification campaign or those who are under observation of secret agencies.
Data showed that most of these CNICs were blocked over the past three and a half years in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
As many as 60,026 CNICs were blocked in K-P. Of the total, only 3,379 were cleared, amounting to just 5.6 per cent of the total blocked CNICs.
Punjab was listed second in terms of blocked CNICs as 41,177 were blocked and 15,28 CNICs were cleared or just 3.7 per cent of the total blocked CNICs.
At least 29,868 CNICs were blocked in Sindh of which 1,023 were cleared while 18,997 CNICs were blocked in Balochistan of which only 336 were cleared.
In Fata, a total of 7,965 CNICs were blocked of which only 250 were cleared.
In Islamabad, a total of 4,712 CNICs were blocked and of the total, only 98 were cleared.
In Azad Kashmir, 1,864 CNICs were blocked and 36 were cleared and 937 CNICs of people abroad were blocked and 10 of these were cleared.
Only 106 CNICs were blocked in Gilgit-Baltistan and seven of them were cleared.
According to standard procedure, a legal notice is served under Section 23 of the NADRA Ordinance before blocking any ID card. If the individual approached NADRA with correct particulars and documents, his or her CNIC is modified after a systematic procedure and board meetings.
For this purpose, Revocation Boards have been constituted in all NADRA zones.
CNICs of ‘confirmed aliens’ are revoked after the nationality status of the individual is confirmed by verifying agency.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 2nd, 2017.