Lahore: (Staff Reporter) The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced an innovative App for the verification of Identity cards (CNIC) and other documents using their smartphones on Pakistan Day.
According to the source, Nadra Chairman Tariq Malik said that “the mobile app will not only provide biometric identity, but the citizens can also upload their documents on it. Photos, fingerprints and digital signatures may also be included in the online application through this application. App would revolutionize public convenience. Citizens could also order online to receive their CNICs at their home addresses.”
As per details the Chairman claimed that Pakistan has become the first country to provide online submission of documents and verification of fingerprints. Earlier, app would be a game-changer. He said that both the public and private sectors would equally benefit from this modern online technology. He added that expatriates would also be beneficiaries of the app.
Furthermore the application would open new avenues for businesses allowing them quick verification from the Nadra-powered system. The modern technology in the database, he said, would bridge the gap between the public and private sectors. Calling it a trailblazer, he said, it would be an end to conventional verification methods and a step forward to the paperless processing of documents.
Moreover he asserted that the digital dividends of the technology would further revolutionize e-governance, ease of doing business and financial inclusion. Former Prime Minister Imran Khan had during his term in office also lauded the initiative of the national database authority. Imran Khan had termed the new idea of a mobile app, a step towards implementing his vision.
