{"id":76067,"date":"2025-05-30T17:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=76067"},"modified":"2025-05-30T17:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:33:02","slug":"pakistan-to-implement-single-facial-recognition-system-for-biometric-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/pakistan-to-implement-single-facial-recognition-system-for-biometric-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to implement single facial recognition system for biometric data"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Interior<\/span> ordered all<\/span> relevant<\/span> agencies<\/span> to<\/span> cease<\/span> the<\/span> separation<\/span> of<\/span> citizens’ biometric data and begin utilizing<\/span> one<\/span> facial recognition program,<\/span> with full<\/span> implementation<\/span> expected<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> complete<\/span> by December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

The order<\/span> was given at the National Database and Registration Authority<\/a> (NADRA) offices in Islamabad during a high-level meeting<\/span> that<\/span> was<\/span> presided over by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Munir Afsar reviewed<\/span> important issues<\/span> regarding<\/span> data management and security. The chairman expressed<\/span> concern<\/span> that multiple<\/span> service providers and governments<\/span> were storing<\/span> local databases of citizens’ biometric data,<\/span> exposing the<\/span> data to the<\/span> risk<\/span> of<\/span> misuse<\/span> and theft.<\/p>\n

He<\/span> highlighted<\/span> that<\/span> for<\/span> those challenged<\/span> by<\/span> fingerprint verification, it<\/span> was<\/span> necessary<\/span> to utilize<\/span> NADRA’s verified<\/span> and secure<\/span> central database using facial recognition. <\/a><\/p>\n

It\u00a0was<\/span> vital<\/span> to<\/span> stop<\/span> dealing<\/span> with<\/span> these<\/span> faulty<\/span> verification<\/span> issues<\/span>.<\/span> In an<\/span> important<\/span> legislative step,<\/span> the Interior Minister ordered<\/span> the<\/span> immediate<\/span> blocking of all mobile SIMs issued<\/span> on expired identity cards.<\/p>\n

He<\/span> stated<\/span> that\u00a0the<\/span> process<\/span> would<\/span> commence<\/span> for<\/span> all<\/span> SIMs registered against a<\/span> CNIC<\/span> issued in 2017 or earlier the process would<\/span> follow<\/span> all blocked<\/span> CNICs to ensure<\/span> only effective<\/span> identity<\/span> cards were<\/span> used to obtain mobile connections.<\/p>\n

NADRA is collaborating<\/span> with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority<\/a> (PTA) to cancel<\/span> SIMs registered in<\/span> the name<\/span> of deceased persons<\/span> or holders of discontinued<\/span> or<\/span> expired ID cards.<\/p>\n

Naqvi was<\/span> also the<\/span> Chief<\/span> Guest<\/span> at<\/span> the foundation stone of<\/span> the<\/span> 10-storey NADRA Mega Center at<\/span> I-8 Islamabad<\/span>, which<\/span> is<\/span> expected to be constructed<\/span> by June 2026.<\/p>\n

He approved the further<\/span> expansion of NADRA services to 44 currently<\/span> unserved<\/span> tehsils and union councils in<\/span> Pakistan,<\/span> with<\/span> deadlines<\/span> of<\/span> June<\/span> 30<\/span>, 202,5,<\/span> for<\/span> completion<\/span> of<\/span> all 31 union councils in Islamabad, and approved<\/span> the establishment of NADRA regional<\/span> offices in Multan, Sukkur, and Gwadar.<\/p>\n

NADRA<\/span> officials<\/span> provided<\/span> a detailed briefing on their<\/span> reforms, digital transformation, and public service delivery updates<\/span>. It<\/span> was<\/span> noted<\/span> that<\/span> updates<\/span> were<\/span> made<\/span> to the National Identity Card (NIC ) Rules 2002 and<\/span> that<\/span> new<\/span> registration<\/span> certificates<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> issued<\/span> for children and families to add<\/span> legal clarity and combat<\/span> fraud<\/span>.<\/p>\n

NADRA has introduced and<\/span> implemented<\/span> advanced biometric systems with<\/span> facial recognition and iris scans<\/span>. Efforts<\/span> are<\/span> ongoing<\/span> with the<\/span> PTA, FIA, SBP, SECP, and all<\/span> relevant<\/span> agencies<\/span> to prevent identification<\/span> fraud and biographic<\/span> or<\/span> biometric mismatches.<\/p>\n

Our<\/span> paid<\/span> ID mobile<\/span> app<\/span> has now<\/span> been downloaded over 7 million times and<\/span> is<\/span> now<\/span> issuing<\/span> digital ID‘<\/span>s<\/span>, proof of life for<\/span> pensioners,<\/span> and federal arms license renewals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Interior ordered all relevant agencies to cease the separation of citizens’ biometric data and begin utilizing one facial recognition program, with full implementation expected to be complete by December 31, 2025. The order was given at the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) offices in Islamabad during a high-level meeting that was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":76068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[1433,826,4210,29151,29150],"class_list":["post-76067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-technology","tag-cnic","tag-nadra","tag-pta","tag-biometric-data","tag-facial-recognition-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76069,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76067\/revisions\/76069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}