Nadra set to get powers to block CNICs as Senate panel okays bill

• Amendments aimed at dealing swiftly with ‘criminals’ trying to evade legal proceedings • Nacta briefs committee on counter-extremism efforts ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Thursday passed a government bill allowing the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to provisionally impound computerised national identity cards (CNICs) of individuals, including suspected illegal aliens, for up to two months. The National Database and Registration Authority (Amen...

By [email protected] (Iftikhar A. Khan)