What is National Database and Registration Authority?
The '''National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA)''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|مختاریہ برائے قومی اندراجات و معطیات}}}}) is an independent and autonomous agency under the control of the [[Interior Secretary of Pakistan]] that regulates [[government database]]s and statistically manages the sensitive registration database of all the [[Pakistani nationality law|national citizens]] of [[Pakistan]].<ref name=BC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bc.com/news/world-asia-18101385|author=M. Ilyas Khan|date=8 June 2012|title=Pakistan's experience with identity management|publisher=BBC News|access-date=21 February 2019}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/743082 96 percent adults registered in Pakistan: NADRA] Dawn (newspaper), Published 18 August 2012, Retrieved 22 February 2019</ref> == Descriptive == The ID card has the following information on it: # Legal Name, # Gender (male, female, or transgender), # Father's name (Husband's name for married females),<ref name=BBC/> # Identification Mark, # Date of Birth, # National Identity Card Number, # Family Tree ID Number, # Current Address, # Permanent Address, # Date of Issue, # Date of Expiry, # Signature, # Photo, and Fingerprint (Thumbprint) NADRA also records the applicant's [[religion]], but this is not noted on the CNIC itself. NADRA has registered over 90% of women in the Pakistan. Although NADRA has started issuing ultra modern SCNIC (Smart Computerized National Identity Card) too having information both in [[English language|English]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] languages respectively. == History == After the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 war]] resulted in East-Pakistan gaining independence as [[Bangladesh]], a new statistical database system was needed to ensure the safety of Pakistan's citizens as well as the national security of the country<ref name=TNI1>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/271727-nadra-s-role-in-national-identity-perspective |title=NADRA's role in nationa