Bureaucrat Asad Gilani takes over NADRA reins

Asad Rehman Gilani on Friday assumed additional charge as the new chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), two days after his predecessor Tariq Malik resigned.

In a tweet, the authority confirmed that Gilani — who is a grade 22 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and also the secretary of the Board of Investment — has joined the Nadra headquarters in Islamabad.

The bureaucrat also visited the Nadra Regional Head Offices to review operational activities and directed the heads of all Nadra departments to clear the backlog of ID card printing by continuing to work over the weekend, Nadra added.

Gilani’s appointment comes on the heels of Malik’s sudden resignation on June 14 — a year before the completion of his three-year term.