Islamabad:  Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday said that the facility of issuance of the CNICs and their renewal would be available at the Union Council level across Pakistan.

Mohsin Naqvi visited the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) headquarters and chaired an important meeting during which various proposals were discussed to make NADRA more people-friendly.

Several significant decisions were made to facilitate the public, including the provision of identity card issuance and renewal facilities at the union council level across Pakistan

He said that the biometric machines would be installed at union council levels nationwide.

 Mohsin Naqvi directed that a plan be devised within a few days to finalise the issuance and renewal of identity cards at the union council level. He also sought a plan to make the Identity Card system foolproof, better, and efficient.

He emphasised the need for a plan that would facilitate visitors to NADRA centres and ensure prompt service without delay. Considering the long queues of citizens, the minister also sought a plan to increase NADRA centres in six major cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi within seven days.

He also ordered effective action against the fake identity card mafia. Later, the minister visited the NADRA operational room, where he was briefed on the digital monitoring system of NADRA centres across Pakistan.

He appreciated the efforts of Chairman NADRA, Lieutenant General Muhammad Munir Afsar, and his team. Secretary Interior, Khurum Ali Agha, and senior NADRA officials were also present on the occasion.

Lahore:  The e-Stamping System, developed by Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) in collaboration with the Board of Revenue (BoR) for the convenience of citizens, more than Rs400 billion revenue was collected so far in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa collectively .

This emerged during a progress review meeting presided by PITB Chairman Faisal Yousaf.

PITB Director General (DG) e-Governance Sajid Latif and other officials also participated in the meeting.

The participants of the meeting were apprised that to date, more than 28.4 million challans were paid by the citizens. 19.3 million stamp papers were issued so far with more than 371.2 billion rupees collected from Punjab, more than 27.1 billion rupees from Sindh and more than PKR 1.75 billion from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

On this occasion, Chairman Faisal Yousaf remarked that the e-Stamping System has completely replaced the traditional system by digitizing the issuance of stamp papers, leading to increase in revenue and transparency while eliminating fraud, financial theft and forgery.

Islamabad: The federal government on Friday dropped another bomb on the public already suffering from sky-rocketing inflation as it hiked electricity price by Rs1.47 per unit.

The latest reports suggested that the prices were increased the electricity price on demand of the relevant stakeholders for fuel adjustment. 

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