NADRA has rolled out a modern digital registry for birth and death reporting in hospitals and health centres across Pakistan, a move aimed at making registration faster, more efficient and transparent. The initiative, carried out in collaboration with provincial governments under directions from the Federal Interior Minister, forms part of the National Biometric and Registration Policy approved by the Prime Minister on 1 January 2025.
The pilot installation has equipped more than 50 hospitals and health centres, including PIMS, CDA and Federal Government hospitals in Islamabad, Lady Aitchison Hospital in Lahore, Bolan Medical College in Quetta, DHQ facilities, Sheikh Zayed and Aria hospitals, DHQ Haripur and Batkhela in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, DHQ Mirpur in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Shaheed Syed Rehman Hospital in Gilgit and multiple hospitals and basic health units in Hyderabad and Matiari, Sindh.
Under the new system hospitals and health centres transmit birth and death notifications directly to NADRA, enabling quicker processing and reducing paperwork. Parents or the deceased’s next of kin receive prompts via the NADRA mobile app and SMS to complete registration at the relevant union council, and citizens may also use the app or visit their union council to finalise entries.
The automated pilot has already logged 4,000 birth notifications and 407 death notifications nationwide, demonstrating early adoption and improved reporting timeliness. NADRA says the digital registry simplifies the pathway from hospital reporting to civil registration.
The service is currently operating successfully in three districts of Punjab and will be scaled across the entire province soon. NADRA is accelerating deployment to additional districts and provinces, working with provincial administrations to provide the system to both public and private hospitals and health centres.
Officials say the digital registry will strengthen the countrywide registration framework by closing existing gaps, improving data accuracy and delivering faster services to families at the time of birth and bereavement. Once fully rolled out, citizens across Pakistan will benefit from a more transparent and efficient registration process.
