Ahmedis concerned over NADRA’s data sharing: report

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ISLAMABAD: The religious community of Ahmedis has expressed serious apprehension over the release of data of its 10,205 citizens who changed their religion from Muslim to non-Muslim during the last 16 years, reported a local English newspaper.

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) recently submitted the identity details of Ahmedis including names, areas of residence and national identity card numbers of around ten thousand persons to a court of law.

The report submitted by NADRA claims that in last 16 years, around 10, 081 citizens changed their religion in their national identity cards, but after the demanded “religious modification”, these persons were given new CNICs identifying them as Ahmedi.

Along with, these mentioned citizens, there are another 124 children whose religious identity got changed by NADRA, the report read.