NADRA (National Database and Registration Authority) launching new service called "Tasdeeq" for verification the identites of elderly individuals whose fingerprints are no longer recognized by biometric scanners.
Initially for banking purposes but with potential for other applications, aims to address complaints of senior citizens who have difficulty verfying their identities due to age related changes in fingerprints.
NADRA says that the initiative envisages alternate identity verification for above 60 years citizens.
NADRA Chairman Mr. Muhammad Tariq Malik announced that the identity verification process will involve individuals answering personal questions through A1 technology to bypass biometrics.
Process will ask three personal questions in two attempts. In order to successfully verify their indentity and avoid biometric verification, individuals must correctly answer all three questions in atleast one of the two attempts.
This initiative already support five banks including MCB, Allied Bank, Bank Alfalah, Bank of Khyber and Soneri Bank and other banks such as National Bank, Askari Bank, First Women Bank Ltd and Khushali Bank are undergoing final tests.
It is uncertain when other banks will official adopt the Tasdeeq service or when it will be expanded to other industries beyond banking.
The fecility was created in response to dificulties collecting fingerprint biometrics from elderly individuals and laborers in Pakistan during the distribution of emergency benefits in 2020.
The service is one of several recent developments from NADRA, which recently provided 17,600 tablets to Pakistan Bureau of Statitcs gor a digital census initiative and introduced a new biometric patient ID verification system to increase transparency in organ collection and transplantation in hospitals.
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