Pakistani.
The computerised national identity card (CNIC) issued by the
National Database and Registration Authority
The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) ( ur, ) is an independent and autonomous agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan that regulates government databases and statistically manages the sensitive registra ...
(Nadra) verifies a person's
Pakistani citizenship, however, there is a secret behind every digit of its 13-digit number.
This 13-digit number is entirely different for every
Pakistani.
This number comprises three parts. The first part, which comprises five digits i.e. '12101', has its first digit identifying your province, second digit identifying your division, third & fourth digit identifying your district and fifth digit identifying your tehsil.
People whose CNIC number starts with 1, are residents of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
province, similarly, 2 represents
FATA
, conventional_long_name = Federally Administered Tribal Areas
, nation = Pakistan
, subdivision = Autonomous territory
, image_flag = Flag of FATA.svg
, image_coat = File:Coat of arms ...
, 3 for
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
, 4 for
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
, 5 represents
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
, 6 for
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...
and 7 represents
Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute bet ...
province.
The second digit in the CNIC number shows your division, which means every a digit identifies a different division in a province, while the rest of the three digit represent your district, tehsil and union council.
The second and middle part of the CNIC number, which comprises seven digits separated by hyphens i.e. XXXXX-1234567-X, is basically a code for the family number of a citizen. This code forms the family tree of a citizen.
The third part, which has only one digit following a hyphen, represents sex of a person. For a man, odd digits i.e. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 are used, while even digits i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8 are used for women.
This is how a CNIC number is generated by the Nadra's automated system.
Smart Card
NADRA introduced the Smart National Identity Card (SNIC), Pakistan's first national
electronic identity card
An electronic identification ("eID") is a digital solution for proof of identity of citizens or organizations. They can be used to view to access benefits or services provided by government authorities, banks or other companies, for mobile payment ...
, in October 2012. Pakistan's SNIC contains a data chip and 36 security features. The SNIC complies with
ICAO
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international a ...
standard 9303 and
ISO standard 7816-4. The SNIC can be used for both offline and online identification, voting, pension disbursement, social and financial inclusion programmes and other services.
NADRA aims to replace all 89.5 million CNICs with SNICs by 2020.
Tracking Smart National Identity Card
In order to track a NADRA Smart Card, the tracking ID consisting of 12 digits is sent to 8400. For example, the tracking ID is 108231064935, and the message is sent to 8400, you will get the message "Your request against tracking id 108231064935 is with printing facility and expected delivery 2 working days".
Application for National Identity Card
One can obtain his/her National Identity Card by either visiting the nearby NADRA office or by applying online. This online feature is really helpful. Especially, those Pakistanis who are expats can take advantage of this facility, being offered by NADR
Online Application
Succession Certificate and Letter of Administration
As of June 22, 2021, NADRA has started issuance of succession certificate / letter of administration in Karachi, Sindh.
Pak Identity
NADRA has started its service of online application for the NICOP, POC and CRC. Online data is collected e.g. fingerprints, thumb impressions and signatures. Online fee is submitted through debit or credit card.
Achievements
* Top 50 e-Passport Technology Suppliers for 9 consecutive years in ''ID World Magazine'', for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
* "Outstanding Achievement Award" at CARDEX Middle East in Cairo, Egypt in May, 2007.
* The Merit Exporter Award by Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) in 2006.
* NADRA's Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Usman Y. Mobin was awarded the "ID Talent Award" in November 2007 at the ID World International Congress held in Milan, Italy. He was recently awarded Tamghah-e-Imtiaz in 2009 for his services rendered to the State.
* Successfully achieved Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) from Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Carnegie Mellon, USA.
* NADRA Quality Management and CNIC Production departments are also ISO 9001:2000 Certified.
* Deputy Chairman NADRA, Tariq Malik was awarded ID Outstanding Achievement Award on 3 November 2009, in Milan at an exclusive ceremony during the eighth ID WORLD International Congress, the Global Summit on Automatic Identification.
*NADRA also tracks cases of fake identities through its system. When spotted and identified as fake identities, NADRA takes action by blocking those national identity cards.
NADRA blocks 10,000 CNICs of Pakistanis who registered as Afghan refugees
Pakistan Today (newspaper), Updated 12 February 2019, Retrieved 21 February 2019
*By 2012, NADRA had cleaned up ''Pakistan's Voters List'' by removing approximately 37 Million "fake" voters from this list and adding more than 36 million new adults to the list[
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See also
* Federal Board of Revenue
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ( ur, ), formerly known as Central Board of Revenue (CBR), is a federal law enforcement agency of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes, suspicious accumulation of wealth, money-laundering make regulation of ...
* Pakistan Bureau of Statistics usman
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics ( ur, , abbreviated as PBS) is a federal agency under the Government of Pakistan commissioned the national statistical services and to provide solid and comprehensive statistical research. Results co ...
References
External links
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