‘NADRA disburses Rs6.2b through Watan Cards’

National Database & Registration Authority, NADRA has disbursed Rs 6,264,380,379 to 321,336 flood victims in second phase of Watan card project. The Second Phase regarded as Citizen’s Damage Compensation Programme (CDCP) under which second tranche of compensation is being provided to about 1.1 million affectees through Watan cards. This was stated by Deputy Chairman NADRA Tariq Malik. The Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani inaugurated phase II of Citizen Damage Compensation Programme on 15 September 2011. The Programme is now successfully being executed by Cabinet Division (Emergency Relief Cell) with the technical support of NADRA and in collaboration with Provincial Disaster Management Authorities.
In the Second Phase, Rs40,000 (in two installments) has to be provided to each of the households identified by the provinces. While elaborating the details of second phase cash disbursement he said that NADRA issued 95,796 Watan Cards in Punjab to disburse around Rs1,549,969,390. In Sindh, the number of Watan Cards issued was 8,272 with a disbursed amount of Rs40,733,500. In Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, the number of Watan Cards issued stood at 210,993 with disbursed amount of Rs4,560,496,989. In Azad Kashmir, 3,075 Watan cards were issued disbursing Rs49,690,500 while five NADRA sites were set up in Hattian, Haveli, Mirpur, Neelum and Rawalakot I. In Gilgit-Baltistan 3,200 cards were issued disbursing Rs63,490,000 and three sites were established in Gilgit, Hunza and Skardu.