ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday launched Nadra’s Pak-ID mobile application to facilitate applicants of national identity (ID) card using Pak-ID portal.
The mobile app helps to capture biometrics and scan documents digitally by using the camera of smart phones. PM in a Twitter post applauded Chairman National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Tariq Malik for his idea of mobile application. The app is “a revolutionary step in providing convenience, especially to overseas Pakistanis …Great initiative by Tariq Malik & Nadra team,” he said.
The launch of the app is a step towards implementing PM’s vision of inclusive registration and digital Pakistan, said a statement issued by the authority. Pakistan becomes trailblazer in ID Management Industry by launching the mobile app which captures biometrics- fingerprints, facial recognition and scan documents needed for processing of citizens’ ID cards and documents, it also said.
This is a leap forward putting an end to conventional method of using specialised equipment or physical paper for processing ID documents in Nadra, the statement added.
“The innovation will revolutionise the National ID Eco System in Pakistan by providing public convenience,” said Chairman Nadra Tariq Malik in a statement.
He said the digital dividends of such technology innovation would yield positive results in financial inclusion, ease of doing business and e-governance initiatives by offering remote identification and e-KYC (know your identity).
Chairman Nadra stated that it would open new vistas for businesses, allowing them to rapidly take onboard users and provide modern password-less authentication.
Small business, start-ups and fintech organisations will also harvest its digital dividends as rent seekers will be eliminated and the cost of conducting business will reduce, Malik said. The offering of digital goods will stimulate young entrepreneurship and promote e-services, he added.
This app Pak Identity can be downloaded from Google Play Store (Android) and Apple Store (iOS), according to Nadra.