National Assembly Standing Committee on Wednesday proposed to involve National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in the upcoming general elections to ensure their credibility.
The committee met here with MNA Sardar Talib Hussain Nakai in the chair at the Nadra headquarter where Chairman of the authority Salim Moin gave a detailed presentation to the committee on its performance. Appreciating the advanced system introduced by the Nadra the committee sought its technical help in general elections to make its result more credible.
The chairman Nadra informed the committee that the authority would definitely provide its services if the government asks it. The committee endorsed the idea of the Nadra chairman to have a special magistrate for handling the cases pending against 22,000 people registered by the authority for their alleged involvement in issuance of fake CNICs.
Dr Farid Ahmed Paracha of MMA, Nayyar Bokharri of PPP and Sardar Talib Hussain Nakai of the ruling PML (Q) appreciated the progress made by Nadra in issuing the CNICs. However, they said that it would be more appreciable if the available technology and expertise are used in the upcoming elections.
The committee was informed that Nadra has so far issued the cards to 75 million people. Currently, Nadra is facing problems in registering female population as most of the people in the rural areas, particularly, in NWFP, FATA and interior Sindh avoid females' registration, he observed.
He said that the ratio of issuing identity cards is 62.9 percent male to 37.1 percent female against the 48 percent male and 52 percent female population ratio of the country. He added the card delivery system would improve after the availability of 82 new mobile vans in May for which prime minister has granted Rs 100 million funds.
On the occasion Salim Moin said that Nadra is also active overseas and has issued 59,000 cards in UAE and 50,000 in Saudi Arab. He also proposed to increase the overseas card fee from $15 to $25 particularly in United Sates and European countries. About the staff, he said that Nadra has 11,924 staff including 1,219 postgraduate professionals, 2,164 graduate, 67 engineers, 47 account and finance group, 1399 administrative staff, 4174 computer operators and 2354 manual staff of the ex-DGR.
The lower staff has been recruited on five-year and upper group on two-year contract basis, which is renewable on performance. About the ex-DGR staff, the chairman said that Nadra has sent a proposal to the concerned authority for giving them golden handshake. The members who attended the meeting MNAs Tahira Asif, Rajab Ali Khan, Mohammad Saeed Virk, Onoza Ehsan, Farid Paracha, Gulam Mohammad Sadiq and Tehmina Daultan.
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