rectified the mistake by blocking the CNICs of his family members.
“The CNICs were issued to these persons by Nadra during its initial days when the data was not centralised. Now the authority has a centralised data and the margin of error is minimal,” the Nadra official said. He said the CNIC of Sahb Din would also be blocked as soon as he will apply for the renewal of the card after its expiry in 2016.
However sources said there are scores of other Afghan nationals who are using Nadra CNICs in Murree and other parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.When contacted by The News, AC Murree said the property sale to suspect Afghan nationals cannot be stopped as long as they have valid Pakistani documents. He said it is hard to tell who is Afghan national and who is a Pakistani resident of KP if both have Nadra cards.
“I cannot say anything about Afghan nationals but I can confirm that a large number of KP residents have recently started buying property in Murree especially in two union councils of Charihan and Patriata,” he said.
He said the administration has recently launched campaign to document the property transactions and business in Murree over security concerns.“Under the national action plan (NAP) against terrorism, we have constituted a Joint Operation Cell (JOC) in Murree comprising civil and military authorities to implement the key points of the NAP,” he said.
Farooq said the JOC is scrutinising the properties being purchased by people with KP domicile and even rented properties are being documented to ensure that the law enforcing agencies have the complete data base about the transactions.
“According to our data base so far 120 property transactions have taken place involving KP domiciled people in the period between 2012 to 2014,” he said adding that it is not illegal for KP residents to purchase property in Murree but the authorities want to be in the loop over the activity in view of the security concerns.
“Under the national action plan (NAP) against terrorism, we have constituted a Joint Operation Cell (JOC) in Murree comprising civil and military authorities to implement the key points of the NAP”.