ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday took notice of overseas centres of the NADRA and directed the authority to submit details of the centers within 10 days.
The directives came from the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar presiding a three-member bench of the apex court over the case of increase in fee of the national identity cards for the overseas Pakistanis (NICOP).
The bench also comprised Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah.
During the proceedings on Thursday, the foreign office representative informed the court that the summary to lower the fee of NICOP has been approved.
Moreover, the CJP asked the official to submit details of the expenditure incurred on the overseas offices of the NADRA and the employees deputed there. Responding to the court, the foreign office official said that an estimated Rs 221.8 million expenditure was incurred on establishing the overseas offices of the NADRA while four centres were closed.
The CJP directed the official to submit details of overseas units within 10 days.
During court hearing on March 26, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal assured the apex court that relief would be provided to the overseas Pakistani nationals in CNIC fee.
Published in Daily Times, April 13th 2018.
