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Tariq Malik, Chairman Nadra unveiled Pakistan's new Smart National Identity Card (SNIC), Smart National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (SNICOP) and Smart Pakistan Origin Card (SPOC) design, and overt and covert features in Eighth Symposium of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on Identity Documents, Biometrics and Security Standards.
The ICAO symposium held at ICAO headquarters Montreal was attended by more than 500 participant from100 countries across the world. Pakistani smart ID cards are compliant with ICAO and ISO standards, and thus should be accepted on all major international airports as secondary ID with Machine Readable Passports, Tariq said.
The new smart NICOP complies with ICAO standard 9303 part 3 vol 1and is also ISO 7816-4 compliant. Malik hoped that ICAO compliance would help Smart NICOPs to be accepted on all international airports and at points of entry and departure. The Smart NIC Card has 36 security features and is technologically the most advanced identity document in the world at present.
"The introduction of smart card is aimed at improving security by making forgery more difficult. Now, a forger must not only modify the data printed on the face and back of ID card but also that contained in the chip to ensure that the two sets of information match. It should now restore the confidence of world on Pakistani ID cards", said Tariq Malik.
Malik spoke on the applications of smart identity cards in relief operations, international development and humanitarian assistance. "Citizens depend on government for services and protection from risk. Safeguarding citizens from risk and providing critical services transparently is top priority of the Government of Pakistan. In the last four years, government has dispersed approximately 200 billion rupees in monetary benefits for transparency in humanitarian assistance and financial inclusion programs using smart IDs and biometric verification."
The chip set contains an arsenal of technical measures making modification not only extremely difficult but also easily detectable. Moreover, it is an instrument to be used by the Government of Pakistan to roll out e-Government services powered by Nadra's National Identity System (NIS). Malik hoped that the new, revolutionary smart ID card would provide a platform to the government to move towards a welfare state by providing accidental life insurance, health insurance, emergency relief, home remittance, pension disbursement and e-voting in future. The participants from various countries appreciated the design of smart card and received popularity in the symposium.-PR
Nadra unveils Pakistan's new smart ID cards | Business Recorder
The ICAO symposium held at ICAO headquarters Montreal was attended by more than 500 participant from100 countries across the world. Pakistani smart ID cards are compliant with ICAO and ISO standards, and thus should be accepted on all major international airports as secondary ID with Machine Readable Passports, Tariq said.
The new smart NICOP complies with ICAO standard 9303 part 3 vol 1and is also ISO 7816-4 compliant. Malik hoped that ICAO compliance would help Smart NICOPs to be accepted on all international airports and at points of entry and departure. The Smart NIC Card has 36 security features and is technologically the most advanced identity document in the world at present.
"The introduction of smart card is aimed at improving security by making forgery more difficult. Now, a forger must not only modify the data printed on the face and back of ID card but also that contained in the chip to ensure that the two sets of information match. It should now restore the confidence of world on Pakistani ID cards", said Tariq Malik.
Malik spoke on the applications of smart identity cards in relief operations, international development and humanitarian assistance. "Citizens depend on government for services and protection from risk. Safeguarding citizens from risk and providing critical services transparently is top priority of the Government of Pakistan. In the last four years, government has dispersed approximately 200 billion rupees in monetary benefits for transparency in humanitarian assistance and financial inclusion programs using smart IDs and biometric verification."
The chip set contains an arsenal of technical measures making modification not only extremely difficult but also easily detectable. Moreover, it is an instrument to be used by the Government of Pakistan to roll out e-Government services powered by Nadra's National Identity System (NIS). Malik hoped that the new, revolutionary smart ID card would provide a platform to the government to move towards a welfare state by providing accidental life insurance, health insurance, emergency relief, home remittance, pension disbursement and e-voting in future. The participants from various countries appreciated the design of smart card and received popularity in the symposium.-PR
Nadra unveils Pakistan's new smart ID cards | Business Recorder
