Tag Archives: Women now free to retain father’s name on CNIC after marriage: Nadra chairperson

The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has abolished its “unofficial policy” of binding women to take their husband’s name on their computerised national identity card (CNIC) after marriage, the authority’s chairperson Nadra Tariq Malik announced on Friday. “We are breaking down this policy and women now have the authority to register themselves with their father’s or husband’s name,” Malik …

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