Nisar takes notice of declaring candidate for LB polls ‘deceased’ by Nadra

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has taken serious notice of a media report which said that a candidate for the local bodies belonging to Kot Momin was declared ‘deceased’ as per the record of Nadra. The interior minister, taking notice of the report, called for a report from the chairman Nadra.
According to the report submitted to interior minister the same day, the wife of the said person had obtained his death certificate from the concerned Union Council in 2011.
Since Union Councils maintain birth and death records in those localities, therefore, NADRA had also updated its record accordingly.
The updated list was sent by NADRA to the Election Commission for verification. As per the SOP, the list was displayed for public information.
Since no objection was received on the updated list, therefore, the list was considered final and was issued by NADRA.
According to NADRA’s report, the wife of the said candidate had also obtained her CNIC indicating her marital status as a widow.
In the light of these facts, the interior minister has asked the Punjab government to take strict action against the officials of the Union Council and those who were involved in forgery and fraud.
In his statement, the interior minister said that it was inappropriate to blame the NADRA for the fraud committed by any individual or through connivance of officials of any union council.
The minister called upon the Punjab government to take strict action against the involved so that such incidents could be brought to an end.