Islamabad, 14th November, 2019; 12th meeting of the Standing Committee on Interior was held today under the Chairmanship of Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, MNA in Committee Room of National Data Base Registration Authority (NADRA) Headquarters, G-5, Islamabad.
2.   The meeting commenced with recitation from the Holy Quran. The bill titled “the Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Bill (Section 3), 2019” was passed by the Committee. The Bill titled “the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Amendment) Bill 2019 was discussed and deferred till next meeting. Remaining Bills on the agenda were deferred till next meeting due to the absence of the movers.
 
3.   The Committee recommended that NADRA may establish registration center at Ibraheem Haidri, Karachi, for facilitation of the population specially fishermen community. Issues faced by public in correction of minor errors in CINCs was discussed, the Committee desired to simplify the process involved in the rectification. The Committee directed to increase the number of registration centers for better facilitation of public.
 
4.   NDARA updated the Committee about its working relating to Sehat Insaf Cards. NADRA is providing I.T help in issuance of the cards by processing data obtained from the BISP and providing it to State life for further action. The Committee raised the objection that undeserving people are getting Sehat Cards. The Committee decided to invite Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety Division and Health department for detailed discussion on the issue.
 
5.   Honorable Members/MNAs/Movers Mr. Sher Akbar Khan, Mehar Ghulam Muhammad Lali, Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar, Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai, Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan, Syed Agha Rafiullh, Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur, Mr. Abdul Qadir Patel, Mr. Mehboob Shah and the senior officers from the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Law and Justice, NADRA and ICT attended the meeting.