NADRA launches handy mobile app ‘Rahbar’

People can find about nearest centre, other facilities with a few clicks

ISLAMABAD:

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) on Wednesday launched a handy mobile app ‘Rahbar’ which would facilitate every citizen to find the nearest NADRA Service Centre and much more through simple clicks.

NADRA Chairman Tariq Malik, while announcing the citizen-centric mobile app, said that citizen’s residing inside Pakistan were unable to know the location of a NADRA centre that best suited their vicinity.

“With the Rahbar app, the citizens can now make a well-informed decision about visiting any NADRA centre, keeping in view the location, distance, number of applicants-in-waiting, and average processing time through their mobile phones,” he said.

He added such initiatives towards digital Pakistan aimed at converting NADRA offices to citizen service centres, rather than only the registration centres.

“Rahbar Mobile App will ensure convenience and auto-facilitation for a common citizen along with cementing the direct partnership between NADRA services and the society as a whole,” Malik said.

“From now onwards, NADRA’s service will be seen from the public eye, which will hold the authority accountable and transparent before the people of Pakistan.”

The app would display the offices in a list view as well as on a map. The map would also show the location of nearby Mobile Registration Van along with the registration office, making it convenient for users to navigate towards any NADRA centre with ease.

The app also comprises filters to sort the centres, including female-only centres, 24/7 NADRA centres and regular and executive NADRA centres.

The app has an auto-refresh feature that would operate after every three minutes to update the data. Moreover, it has its own search engine that enables the search of all NADRA’s offices through city, name, or location.

To facilitate the Pakistani people, this app has been specially designed in both Urdu and English. This navigational mobile app showcases NADRA’s technical capabilities and citizen-centric approach.

Rahbar Mobile App can be downloaded from Google Play Store (Android) and Apple Store (iOS) which can easily be accessed from all over Pakistan.

(WITH INPUT FROM APP)