Overview
- The Senate Standing Committee on Interior approved an amendment to let NADRA temporarily block CNICs, Pakistan’s national ID cards, for up to 60 days, with the bill now moving to the full Senate.
- Interior officials said current law generally requires court orders before blocking an ID, which they argue slows action against suspected fraud and people avoiding legal proceedings.
- NADRA told lawmakers the short-term blocks would be preventive to stop absconders and offenders from using valid IDs to access banks and other services while evading justice.
- Committee members raised verification problems, citing reports that some Afghan nationals hold Pakistani CNICs and that some Pakistanis were wrongly flagged as Afghans, and they ordered agencies to fix records.
- Lawmakers also weighed a fee-based path to allow tinted vehicle glass with exemptions for parliamentarians and diplomats, and heard that the Federal Cabinet is still reviewing the arms licence policy.