The National Alien Registration Authority (NARA) was an institution of the

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces, two autonomous territorie ...

, under the

Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control The Ministry of Interior ( ur, , abbreviated as MoI) is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the internal policies, state security, administration of internal affairs involvi ...

, for the main purpose of legally registering and documenting immigrants and other foreign residents in the country. NARA was established in 2000, and was headquartered in the City of Karachi. NARA was formally merged into 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 regist ...

(NADRA) in 2015.

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