Islamabad, July 29: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday paid a surprise visit to National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) centre here and directed the staff on duty to increase the number of counters to entertain maximum number of applicants at a time.
In his visit to the Nadra centre at Sector G-8/4, the Prime Minister inquired the people standing in long queues about the problems they faced in applying for the Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs).
On listening complaints regarding the long waiting time, the Prime Minister directed the authorities to take urgent steps to facilitate the people.
Gilani also asked the staff to speed up the registration process and reduce the delivery time of CNICs from one month to 15 days.
–Agencies