NADRA Makes Getting Birth and Death Certificates Easier Than Ever

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), in collaboration with provincial governments, has deployed state-of-the-art birth and death notification tools in hospitals and health centers across the country to make the registration process more efficient, swift and transparent.

Upon the instructions of the Federal Minister for Interior, NADRA is working to strengthen Pakistan’s registration system and overcome existing loopholes.

This initiative is part of the National Biometric and Registration Policy Framework, approved by the Prime Minister of Pakistan on January 1, 2025. The project is currently in its pilot phase and will be expanded nationwide once the provinces are fully prepared for implementation.

Under the pilot project, NADRA has deployed this system in more than 50 hospitals and health centers across the country.

These include major hospitals in Islamabad such as PIMS, CDA and Federal Government hospitals; Lady Aitchison Hospital in Lahore; Bolan Medical College, DHQ, Sheikh Zayed and Arya Hospital in Quetta; DHQ Hospitals in Haripur and Batkhela in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; DHQ Hospital Mirpur in Azad Jammu and Kashmir; Shaheed Syed Rehman Hospital in Gilgit; and several hospitals and Basic Health Units (BHUs) in Hyderabad and Matiari, Sindh.

Through this automated mechanism, birth and death notifications are directly transmitted from hospitals and health centers to NADRA. Parents or legal heirs of the deceased will be notified via mobile app and SMS, guiding them to complete registration at their respective Union Councils. So far, NADRA has received over 4,000 birth notifications and 407 death notifications through this automated system.

Citizens will be able to register a birth or death either via the NADRA Mobile App or by visiting their nearest Union Council. The pilot phase is successfully underway in three districts of Punjab and will soon be operational across the province.

NADRA is also working to provide this advanced system to public and private hospitals and health centers in other districts and provinces. Once fully implemented, citizens nationwide will benefit from this automated notification system.