{"id":17058,"date":"2023-06-13T21:33:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T16:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=17058"},"modified":"2023-06-13T21:33:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T16:33:23","slug":"nadra-chairman-steps-down-over-charged-political-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/nadra-chairman-steps-down-over-charged-political-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"NADRA chairman steps down over \u2018charged political environment\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Chairman Tariq Mailk has stepped down from his post over a \u201ccharged political environment,\u201d it emerged on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a three-page resignation, Malik highlighted his performance and initiatives that started during his stint as the Nadra chief.<\/p>\n<p>He also suggested the federal government not to appoint serving or retired bureaucrat as Nadra&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accepted the resignation of Malik and appreciated his contributions to the country.<\/p>\n<p>He was appointed as Nadra chief in June 2021 for a period of three years by the then Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government.<\/p>\n<p>Before his appointment as Nadra chief, he was working as Chief Technical Adviser, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) where he was advising on \u2018Digital Governance\u2019 to 130+ member states across five regions spread worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/nadra-rolls-out-pakistans-first-data-protection-service.html\">NADRA rolls out Pakistan\u2019s first data protection service<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the UNDP, he served the World Bank as a Senior Technical Consultant. He was a member of the core team who helped to initiate the worldwide \u2018ID for Development\u2019 (#ID4D) Programme as well as authored the framework of international standards for digital identity.<\/p>\n<p>Malik was among the 10 core members of the Technical Experts Group (TEG) of the World Bank who supported client countries with ID planning and implementation.<\/p>\n<p>His name was included in the World\u2019s 100 Most Influential People in \u2018Digital Government\u2019 by a European think tank known as Apolitical.<\/p>\n<p>He was also named among the Top 100 Digital Influencers in the \u2018Digital Community\u2019 by One World Identity (OWI) \u2014 a New York-based independent identity research and strategy think tank focused on cyber security, digital commerce and risk management.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the World Bank, Malik helped various governments to optimise the use of Big Data and advanced data analytics from the platform of Teradata Inc USA.<\/p>\n<p>Malik is the son of eminent scholar and educationist Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik. He has also served as Nadra chairman previously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Chairman Tariq Mailk has stepped down from his post over a \u201ccharged political environment,\u201d it emerged on Tuesday. In a three-page resignation, Malik highlighted his performance and initiatives that started during his stint as the Nadra chief. 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