NADRA was established in 2000 with the main purpose of building a national biometric database of Pakistani citizens. It issues computerized national identity cards (CNICs) and other registration certificates. NADRA has over 17,000 employees and operates under a mixed hierarchical and matrix structure with provincial headquarters. It aims to include biographic information of every Pakistani citizen and has issued over 89.5 million CNICs as of 2012. NADRA is considered one of the top identity management organizations globally.

1. International Islamic University
Islamabad

2. Project Presentation on NADRA
Group Members
Jawad Ahmad 2053FET/BSEE/F13
Abdul Qadir 2036FET/BSEE/F13
Muhammad Shoaib 2042FET/BSEE/F13
Nauman Bahar 2051FET/BSEE/F13

3. National Database and
Registration Authority (NADRA)

4. Agency overview
Formed March 10, 2000; 15 years ago
Type Government database
Jurisdiction Constitution of Pakistan
Headquarters Islamabad
Motto Empowerment through Identity
Employees 17,000
Agency executive Usman Mobin Chairman
Parent department Ministry of Interior
Website www.nadra.gov.pk

5. NADRA was establish in 2000
Main purpose is to build national biometric
database of Pakistani citizens.
A database of Pakistani citizens registration
certificate through it NRCs all around
Pakistan.
NADRA list among top ID management
organization and successfully achieve many
international awards.
NADRA has mixed hierarchal structure and
have provisional headquarters at province
level.

6. PRE-PHASE
History Of NADRA
Personal Identity System (PIS) program launched by
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to register, manage
and issue all national identification cards to the
citizens of Pakistan and Muslim refugees settled down
in Pakistan.
Election Commission of Pakistan in 1965 presidential
election Modifications were conceded for the process
of the voter's registration to hold the nationwide .

7. New program NDO was initiated Prime Minister
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1973.
 To perform and contain the statistical database of the
citizens of Pakistan .
 Statistic database in government's computer accounts
was started in 1973
The Directorate General of Registration Pakistan
(DGR) and the National Database Organization
(NDO) in 1998 start computerize census data collected
and use it to issue computerized cards.
This lead to NADRA

9. This Program replaced the paper based Personal
Identity System of Pakistan
NADRA aimed at overcoming the problems of
previous regime, ranging from issues of unavailability
and disintegration of quality data to political
interference

10. Mission Statement
NADRA aims at including more or less every detail of
every Pakistani.
To go beyond the concept of 'data in jail‘.
NADRA concept envisages availability of data including
a Biographic Information Sheet of every citizen

11. Main Objectives of
NADRA
Custodian of Pakistani Identity
National Information Infrastructure
Customer Care
Corruption Free
Creation of a System in order to issue
secure Computerized National Identity
Cards
Convenience and Efficiency

12. Organizational Structure
NADRA has a mix
of typical
bureaucratic
hierarchical
structure with the
modern matrix
structure .
With the base at
corporate
headquarters it
operates in a
matrix structure
with the regions
which are
geographically
located .

13. Organizational
Structure:

14. Services
Issuance of new CNIC/SNIC/NICOP
Modification of CNIC/SNIC/NICOP
Renewal of CNIC/SNIC/NICOP
Child Registration Certificate
Family Registration Certificate
Issuance of Arm license
Citizen Verification

15. Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC)
 Issued by NADRA to Pakistani citizens
CNIC was introduced in 2000
 By 2012, over 89.5 million CNICs had been issued.
 CNIC is issued first at the age of 18
CNIC is mandatory for voting, Opening and operating
bank accounts, Obtaining a passport, Obtaining a
mobile phone SIM card,
Purchasing a plane or train ticket etc

16. Sample of CNIC

17. Financial Analysis
Not possible to disclose any financial data because of
NADRA’s confidentiality
It comes under the Ministry Of Interior
It does not publish any annual report
No financial data regarding NADRA on internet ..

18. Findings
NADRA has the most advanced technology in Pakistan
It has a strong IT department
NADRA is a Govt. organization
Govt. of Pakistan is the main client of NADRA
NADRA is more like monopolistic organization

19. Achievements
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 November 3, 2009, in
Milan at an exclusive ceremony during the eighth ID
WORLD International Congress, the Global Summit on
Automatic Identification.

20. Achievements
NADRA has been placed amongst the Top 50 e-Passport Technology
Suppliers for 5 consecutive years in ID World Magazine.
The Merit Exporter Award by Federation of Pakistan Chambers of
Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) in 2006.
NADRA Quality Management and CNIC Production departments are
also ISO 9001:2000 Certified.
Successfully achieved Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
from Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Carnegie Mellon, USA

21. CONCLUSION
NADRA can successfully design and implement projects
that involve data collection from large populations .
NADRA can transfer data over miles through latest
technology
Capable of , data warehousing, data mining and secure
printing.

22. Recommendations
There should be a weekly meeting to set short term goals, and to discuss
the discrepancies or problems.
Employees should have reasonable access to the upper management
Provide safer environment to the employees
workshops and training sessions to employees
Needed extra staff should be laid down

23. NADRA should re visit it’s over all operations,
technical expertise and HR with regards to :-
 Transparency
 Efficiency
 Customer Service
 Customer Facilitation
 Professionalism