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February 12, 2025 - Comments Off on Biometric Verification to Include Facial Recognition, Iris Scanning: PTA

Biometric Verification to Include Facial Recognition, Iris Scanning: PTA

Biometric verification in Pakistan will be expanded to include facial recognition and iris scanning technology, according to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, as part of the National Registration & Biometric Policy Framework (NRBPF). The Framework initiative also includes Pakistan’s Ministry of IT and Telecoms (MoITT), cellular mobile operators, and the National Database and Registration Authory (NADRA), the latter being responsible for the collection and storage and management of biometric data.

January 17, 2025 - Comments Off on Pak-ID services shifted to mobile apps, for ease, security: NADRA

Pak-ID services shifted to mobile apps, for ease, security: NADRA

Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) will no longer update PAK-ID services on its website, and is instead directing Pakistani citizens to use its mobile apps for digital identity-related services. Visitors to the website will receive a pop-up informing people of the closure of the website, and telling people to download the relevant apps for their mobile phones. The status of applications made through the website prior to the change on January 17, however, can still be checked via a link provided on the website.

 

Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that the shift to mobile apps came about in part due to reports of users of NADRA’s website experiencing difficulties, especially overseas, in addition to tackling the criminal exploitation of citizen data through counterfeit websites. Naqvi also announced that NADRA would be launching regional centres on March 31th onwards, in Azad Jammu, Kashmir, Gwadar, and Gilgit-Baltistan.