National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has so far issued 627,072 Smart National Identity Cards (SNICs).
Smart card is a state-of-the-art National Identity Card which has 36 high tech security features.
Social and financial programmes have been installed in the SNIC and it could be used for live verifications of different nature.
Pensioners of EOBI would get their pension through this card.
An official at NADRA said that this card had a built-in chip, was fully secure, machine-readable and was the latest technology of the world.
“It has been manufactured to facilitate the public,” he added.
