NADRA may issue identity cards to Bengali citizens

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  • President Mamnoon says NADRA to be directed for issuance of identity cards without any hindrance

KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday assured that Bengalis’ issues, including the issuance of identity cards, would be resolved on priority basis.

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) would be directed for issuance of the identity cards to the Pakistani citizens without any hindrance, he said while talking to a delegation of the Pak-Muslim Alliance, led by Khawaja Salman, son of the late leader of Pakistan Movement Khawaja Khairuddin.

President Mamnoon observed no citizen of the country could be deprived of identity card facility and the NADRA would be directed that all the hurdles in the issuance of the identity cards to the Bengalis should be removed. Acknowledging the historic sacrifices of Bengalis, he said that they were the citizens of the country and deserved due respect.

PML-N leader Nasiruddin Mahmood was also present on the occasion.