National Database and Registration Authority

The National Database and Registration Authority (Urdu:نادرا; reporting name: NADRA), is an independent, autonomous and constitutionally established institution of the Government of Pakistan that performs government databases and statistically manages the sensitive registration database of all the national citizens of the State of Pakistan.

It is responsible for issuing the computerized national identity cards to the citizens of Pakistan, maintaining their sensitive informational upgraded in the government databases, and securing national identities of the citizens of Pakistan from being stolen and theft. It is one of the largest government database institution, employing more than 11,000 people in more than 800 domestic offices and five international offices. It also claims to hold the record for maintaining the largest biometric database of citizens in the world.

Codified by the Second Amendment, §30 of the Constitution of Pakistan in 2000, the constitution grants powers to NADRA to enact civil registration and sensitive databases of Pakistan's citizens; all databases are kept in extreme secrecy and security to ensure the safety of its citizen's databases. As of present, it is currently directed and headed by Muhammad Tariq Malik, as its designated and appointed chairman.