Big Brother is Watching

Waqar

Thanks for the very informative article. Overall, Nadra`s DATA base has more pluses than negatives. Ordinary citizens who are not involved in any wrong-doing will be benefitted.

When are we getting rid of the Patwari keeping our land records? Is the progress in this area fast enough?

NHK

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Needless to say this NADRA business isn`t meant to stop petty thievery and fraud. It`s a precursor of what will be implemented in every country. Ironically, this change will come last in the very countries that are most technologically advanced.

Human beings are quickly moving past the brief era of `freedom free-ride.`

It’s a big step in right direction. Availability of correct data can lead to better forecasting and planning.
Almost all the developed countries have such sort of data available about there people (ever wonder what kind of information credit bureau’s have in there reports about individuals?).

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An interesting article...but i doubt whether, at the present time, NADRA has an `accurate all-encompassing record of 150 million civilians of Pakistan` ...


Not even the NSA has got it quite so perfected yet although it is getting there...

:-(

I wonder if NADRA has a GIS (Geographic Information System) Database. That is THE most beautiful technology for accurate record keeping, criminal tracking, shortest route determination and flood control. Ofcourse, NADRA isn`t into flood control or shortest route calculation, but at least it can expand itself to accomodate them, and even provide services to other government institutions if it has or is willing to develop the GIS Database!

What I am really interested in knowing is that why does my NIC have an ``expiry`` date. And why does this ``expiry`` period vary from person to person? (ranging from 3 years to 11 years). Is Pakistan actually going to choose who can remain citizens of this country or not????

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NazarHayatKhan 1: ``When are we getting rid of the Patwari keeping our land records? Is the progress in this area fast enough?``

You may want to check out http://www.bluechipmag.com/pi/0804/mstory.html

I met with a Pakistani company that is doing work on automating land records. And they may have hit the jackpot. Since land is big business in Pakistan

Nadra`s is the worst form of Nadar Shahi and how foolish are we Pakies that we pay for its demands and go through all the rigours it entails ungrudgingly to get ourselves registered. I had a very bitter experience of this registration business. It was introduced by Z.A. Bhutto to satisfy his insatiable greed for power but at what a cost to the poor nation. I think he was hanged to pay for the two sins he committed against this nation; one, registration and the other, converting the constitution into a `Fatwa`. Both these momentous decisions were taken in a very dubious and secretive way. Nadra is continuing that Nadarshahi style and this poor sheepish nation is obeying every order ungrugingly. They have now announced the cancellation of non-computerised passports by 6/05. How horrible! The peope who got the passport in manul form by spending thousands will now have to get new passports. What a Nadarshahi, my God! How cruel these people are. O, God, help us: Ham jo tareek rahoon mein maare gae.

As a young boy I found in my village a person named Sheroo who was notorious and feared as a `Badmashh of No.10 or Basta B`. A few yers back I happened to visit a police station and saw incidently a chart showing the list of the scoundrels of Basta B hung on the wall. I was surprised to see that it was empty. I asked the police officer concerned as to why the list was empty when the law and order situation has worsened so much as compared to the days of the British Raj. He said jokingly,``We are all now `scoundrels` and as such our registration is done by NADRA on computors. I wonder if it is not, what they call, the ground reality. At least most of the world consider us `suspected terrorists`. I am afraid the UNO may not one day start maitaining our list as `Scoundrels of Bsta P` as in almost in any crime reported intenationally the trail leads to Pakistan.

goood