Fresh initiative taken to shift NID services to a separate entity

Fresh initiative taken to shift NID services to a separate entity

The current government has initiated a fresh move to bring a number of civic services, including birth registration and national identity registration services, under a single entity named the Civil Registration Commission, causing frustrations among the Election Commission officials.
A meeting of the inter-ministerial committee was held in the Cabinet Division on Monday (March 3) to review the draft of the Civil Registration (Commission) Ordinance, 2025.
A representative from the EC Secretariat was also present at the additional secretary-level meeting.
About the move, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said the Election Commission will place its written opinion to the government about the issue.
“We will tell them in writing what we say. We will tell them in writing what problems there will be…they (govt) will not do anything without consultation with us,” he said while talking to reporters at his office in the capital.