SIALKOT:The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has inaugurated a NADRA e-Sahulat Biometric Facility at its premises to facilitate its members through digital verification and other essential services.
Member NADRA Authority Board Dr. Muhammad Raheem Awan attended the ceremony as chief guest, while Chief Executive Officer of NADRA Technologies Limited (NTL) Muhammad Umar Khan Azad was the guest of honour. SCCI President Khawar Hussain Spall, members of the chamber’s executive committee and former presidents were also present.
The facility will offer biometric verification services for the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Pakistan Single Window, proof-of-life certificates, CNIC-related services, court matters and vehicle ownership transfers. It will also facilitate payments of utility bills, arms licence fees and vehicle token tax through the 1Bill system.
Speaking on the occasion, SCCI President Khawar Hussain Spall appreciated NADRA’s digital facilitation services and thanked Dr. Muhammad Raheem Awan for supporting the establishment of the facility within a week.
He highlighted technical issues faced by applicants using NADRA’s digital Power of Attorney and online visa services, stating that operational discrepancies and delays were affecting visa processing for foreign buyers and business delegations.
He also requested the nomination of NADRA focal persons at the NADRA counter at the PITB Khidmat Centre on Paris Road and the main NADRA Centre on Defence Road in Sialkot to facilitate SCCI members in obtaining Family Registration Certificates (FRCs), renewing CNICs and processing succession certificates on a priority basis.
Dr. Muhammad Raheem Awan appreciated Sialkot’s contribution as a major export hub and assured the participants that, following proposals put forward by the SCCI president and other participants, proceedings to establish an executive-class NADRA centre at the chamber would be initiated on a priority basis.
He further assured that the existing e-Sahulat facility would be upgraded to include digital verification services for social security biometrics, dispute resolution and export-related facilitation, subject to technical requirements and necessary coordination.
He also appreciated the NTL and SCCI teams for completing the project in a short time and commended the chamber for its arrangements.