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IntroductionNational Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) has gained international recognition for its success in providing solutions for identification, e-governance and secure documents that deliver multi-pronged goals of mitigating identity theft, safe-guarding the interests of our clients, and facilitating the public. In-depth Research and Development efforts have enabled NADRA to become the trailblazer in the area of Software Integration, Data Warehousing, Network Infrastructure Development and Project Management.

NADRA set out on the journey of Civil Registration of all Pakistanis in March 2000 and in a short span of time NADRA’s team indigenously created a state of the art centralized Data Warehouse, Network Infrastructure and Interactive Data Acquisition Systems to issue secure Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC). With the introduction of this new fool-proof, comprehensive and highly sophisticated computerized system, NADRA has been successful in reducing the identity theft to a bare minimum. NADRA prides itself on one of the largest centralized databases in the world. This highly secure and intelligent National Data Warehouse is the central hub of NADRA’s extraordinary strength and growth in the last 8 years. NADRA’s National Data warehouse hosts the data of over 96 million citizens and runs various Transaction Processing, Business Intelligence and Decision Support applications. Operating on international standards and models, NADRA has also developed a comprehensive supply chain, developing understandings with worldwide technology developers & resellers that give us access to state-of-the-art technologies and also enable us to assist clients in acquiring the best value for money in the market.

NADRA proudly employs a highly skilled workforce of more than 11,000 technical and management personnel, who contribute to register more than 96 million citizens and print more than 95 million Computerized National Identity Cards. To achieve this gigantic landmark NADRA has developed 365 Multi-biometric Interactive Registration Centers and deployed 189 mobile vans to register citizens living in far-flung areas, with a motive to provide quality service and comfort.
During this short span of time, NADRA has gained significant international recognition. ID World, organizers of the ID Card & Electronic Passport Forum have ranked NADRA as one of the World’s Top 50 Suppliers of e-Passport Technology for 04 years running.

HistoryNational Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) was established as National Database Organization (NDO), an attached department under the Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan in 1998. On 10 March, 2000, NDO & Directorate General of Registration (DGR) merged to form NADRA, an independent corporate body with requisite autonomy to operate independently and facilitate good governance. With the mandate of developing a system for re-registering 150 million citizens, NADRA launched the Multi-Biometric National Identity Card project developed in conformance with international security documentation issuance practices in the year 2000. The program replaced the paper based Personal Identity System of Pakistan that had been in use since 1971. To date over 96 Million citizens in Pakistan and abroad have utilized the system and its allied services to receive tamper resistant ISO standard Identification Documents.
Achievements
  • NADRA has been placed amongst the Top 50 e-Passport Technology Suppliers for 5 consecutive years in ID World Magazine, for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 published by Wise Media, Italy. NADRA is amongst the 3 companies selected from Asia and Africa on the list. NADRA was honored with the “Outstanding Achievement Award” at CARDEX Middle East in Cairo, Egypt in May, 2007. 
  • NADRA has been awarded The Merit Exporter Award by Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) in 2006 for achieving export of homeland security solutions in the international market. 
  • 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 Tamgah-e-Imtiaz in 2009 for his services rendered to the state.
  • NADRA has successfully achieved Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) from Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Carnegie Melon, USA. Certification was assessed on Technology, Quality Management and Project Management divisions.
  • NADRA Quality Management and CNIC Production departments are also ISO 9001:2000 Certified.
  • Deputy Chairman NADRA, Mr. Tariq Malik was awarded ID Outstanding Achievement Award on November 3, 2009 in Milan at an exclusive ceremony during the eighths ID WORLD International Congress, the Global Summit on Automatic Identification. Mr. Malik was selected out of 250 people from 75 countries by international voting of editorial board consisting of CEOs of fortune 500 companies

Management 


Chairman
Muhammad Tariq Malik

Mr. Tariq Malik was appointed as Chairman of National Database Management Authority (NADRA) by the Government of Pakistan on 11th July 2012 while he was already serving in the organization as Deputy Chairman.
Four years ago, Mr. Malik was voted to the strategic management role as Deputy Chairman by the board members of NADRA after successfully leading the Network Directorate of NADRA as General Manager. He also led NADRA Technologies Limited (NTL) in the capacity of the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Malik brings 20 years of experience in areas of strategic project management of Technology, system analysis & design, software development and business process re-engineering. This also includes strategic management experience in implementing high profile citizen centric technology solutions in Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, United States of America, Canada, Germany and Bahrain. He is well-known in the project and technology management sector as a successful Chief Information Officer (CIO), Senior Consultant for information systems, speaker, writer, trainer and researcher of information technology in the public sector. Prior to joining NADRA, he worked as Chief of Technology in the largest county of the State of Michigan, USA.
Mr. Malik received his Master’s Degree in International Management from Heidelberg, Germany. He also holds M.Sc. degree in Computer Sciences from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. His studies took him to renowned institutions such as John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Stanford University, USA.
Since taking over as the Chairman of NADRA, Mr. Malik’s vision has brought various new policies and services that have improved the database registration system in the country and helped in getting more people registered as well. Per his vision, he has transformed Identity card to an entitlement document so that state can roll out social reform solutions like social protection, emergency relief, financial inclusion, poverty alleviation, branchless banking using Smart cards. That is why right after taking charge as Chairman, he launched it’s 3rd generation chip-based identity card called Smart National Identity Card (SNIC). The card is built according to international standards and is accepted as secondary ID on all international airports. It contains 36 physical security features and uses latest encryption codes making it the safest card in the world. Mr. Malik spearheaded “Reforming Electoral Rolls” project and led a team that ensured transparent Voters database by making use of biometric and information technologies in collaboration of Election Commission of Pakistan. In line with his vision “Every life Counts”, he devised a new policy for the registration of undocumented orphans, which ensures privacy and convenience for the orphans. Apart from this, he is also responsible for incorporating the provision of accidental death insurance within the new Smart NICs and also devised a comprehensive mechanism to enable pensioners to draw their pensions from any biometric system used by banks, post offices and other departments.
Recently, Mr. Malik won the ‘CIO of the Year’ award. Panels of judges consisting of eminent computer scientists, IT experts and technology gurus selected Mr. Malik for the said award by dint of his contribution in transforming NADRA from an identity card issuing authority to a profitable international business organization. It is rolling out cutting edge biometric technology solutions, which results in good governance.


Mr. Malik also won "ID People Award 2011" by ID World EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) in Abu Dhabi, "ID Outstanding Achievement Award 2009" by ID World Congress based in Milan, Italy and “Excellence Award 2003” for providing Citizen Centric technology services.        



Chief Technology Officer
Usman Y. Mobin

Mr. Usman Y. Mobin assumed the vital role of NADRA’s Chief Technology Officer in 2002. Educated at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), USA, he acquired Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Mr. Mobin is bestowed with a wealth of knowledge coupled with strong technical expertise which he has successfully applied to bring about revolutionary changes in various legacy systems at national and international level; gaining positive repute as a pioneer for contributing innovative state-of-art technology solutions. He is also well respected as the architect of Pakistan Passport System enabling the development of world's first multi-biometric electronic passport. Apart from this, a few of his major achievements include invention of remarkably fast phonetics-based search technique operative on multilingual identity databases such as Pakistan's National Data Warehouse and invention of algorithmic technique for family tree linkage in National Database. Mr. Mobin received ID World - Special Award “ID Talent Award” in 2007 for his excellence in the field of Technology, Presidential Medal for “Persistence in Excellence” and "Tamgah-e-Imtiaz” in 2009 awarded for Public Service.





Chief Financial Officer
Saleem Khan



Mr. Saleem Khan is working as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since September 2010. He is an officer Secretariat Group with more than 20 years experience of working with the Federal/Provincial Governments and International Organizations. His forte has been Administration and Financial Management. He has served in the Ministry of Interior, Cabinet Division, Wafaqi (Federal) Mohtasib Secretariat, Local Govt. Dept. and development Authorities.  He did Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University, New York, USA with specialization in Public Sector Management and Governance. He also holds engineering degree from NWFP University of Engineering. & Technology, Peshawar and Masters in Economics from University of Peshawar.        
Chief Human Resource Officer
Naveed Jan Sahibzada

 Mr. Naveed Jan Sahibzada joined NADRA as General Manager HR on June 04, 2007. He has a strong professional background and vast experience of working in the field of HR. He holds an MS degree in Human Resource management from London School of Economics (LSE), UK. He is a Chevening Scholar and holds Certification as professional in HR from HRCI, USA as well as Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) UK.


About - Ministry of Interior
Mission StatementTo make Islamic Republic of Pakistan a country where rule of law reigns supreme; where every Pakistani feels secure to lead a life in conformity with his religious beliefs, culture, heritage and customs; where a Pakistani from any group, sect or province respects the culture, tradition and faith of the other, where every foreign visitor feels welcome and secure.
Main ResponsibilitiesThe primary responsibility of Interior Division is to ensure internal security. Besides, the Interior Division deals with:
  • National registration of population and issuance of identity cards.
  • Nationality, citizenship and naturalization.
  • Immigration, passports, regulation of entry and exit of foreigners.
  • Control and administration of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Civil Armed Forces i.e. Frontier Corps, Frontier Constabulary, Pakistan Rangers and Coast Guards, Capital Development Authority and Islamabad Capital Territory.
  • Coordination of Policy matters relating to Police, Police reforms and training of Police officers through National Police Academy (NPA).
  • Anti-smuggling measures and enforcement of Anti-corruption Laws.
  • Arms policy, issuance of licenses for non-prohibited weapons.
  • Policy coordination and higher training of Civil Defence.
  • Coordination of jail reforms with Provinces and training of Jail staff at Central Jail Staff Training Institute (CJSTI), Lahore.
Divisions
  • Bureau of Policy Research and Development
  • Directorate General Civil Defence
  • Directorate General of Immigration and Passport
  • Directorate General Federal Investigation Agency
  • National Police Academy
  • National Police Foundation
  • National Database & Registration Authority
  • Civil Armed Forces
  • National Police Foundation
  • Narcotics Division

MOI Management 

Federal Minister for Interior
Mr. A. Rehman Malik
Mr. A. Rehman Malik was elected as Senator unopposed from Sindh Province. He has been Minister for Interior since March 2008 and oversees the functions of FIA, Immigration & Passports, NADRA, Pakistan Rangers, Frontier Constabulary, Frontier Corps, Islamabad Police, National Police Bureau, National Police Academy, Pakistan Coast Guard, National Crisis Management Cell and other civil armed forces.

He is a senior member of the Central Executive Committee of PPP and has worked for decades with Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto and assisted her as political advisor besides assisting here in various political meetings both abroad and at home. Mr. Malik attended all political parties of SAARC meeting in Bangkok, Thailand in 2004 which were chaired by Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto as PPP chairperson. Represented PPP on behalf of Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto in various political seminars and head of states world wide. He is also visiting lecturer in National Defence University, Islamabad.

Minister of State for Interior
Mr. Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi

Mr. Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi is renowned social worker, politicain and political activist. He was elected as Member National Assembly from Sargodha Distirct. He hails from a very respectable and noble family. Mr. Qureshi holds MBA and BA (LLB) degrees. He is a seasoned politician and has served as NAZIM, MPA, MNA before his current assignment as Minister of State for Interior.


NADRA Authority Board

The Federal Government has approved the appointment of following members in the NADRA Authority Board

Chairman :

Mr. Muhammad Tariq Malik Chairman NADRA

Board Members : 
  1. Mr. Kaiser Bengali, Economist.
  2. Mr. Abdul Rashid, Fellow Chartered Account (FCA). 
  3. Mr. Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, CEO and National Program Director, LEAD Pakistan & Consultant/Advisor, UNDP and UNESCO. 
  4. Mr. Ghiasuddin Ahmed Member,  National Electric Power Regulatory Authoriy.
  5. Mr. Muhammad Ayub Ghalloo.
  6. Capt. (R) Muhammad Aftab, Joint Secretary (Admn/Security), Ministry of Interior.
  7. Mr. Sohail Qadeer Siddiqui, Joint Secretary (Admn), Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
  8. Mr. Liaquat Muneer Rao, Joint Secretary/ FA(ID), Ministry of Finance.

Secretary Board :
  1. Lt. Col. (R) Shafiq Anwar

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