Telecom Infrastructure, not Firewall, Cause of slow internet: PTA
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January 21, 2025Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) will no longer update PAK-ID services on its website, and is instead directing Pakistani citizens to use its mobile apps for digital identity-related services. Visitors to the website will receive a pop-up informing people of the closure of the website, and telling people to download the relevant apps for their mobile phones. The status of applications made through the website prior to the change on January 17, however, can still be checked via a link provided on the website.
Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that the shift to mobile apps came about in part due to reports of users of NADRA’s website experiencing difficulties, especially overseas, in addition to tackling the criminal exploitation of citizen data through counterfeit websites. Naqvi also announced that NADRA would be launching regional centres on March 31th onwards, in Azad Jammu, Kashmir, Gwadar, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
