Junior officers rule the roost in Nadra offices in merged districts.

PESHAWAR -- It has been emerged that four field-offices of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in merged tribal districts are being run through the operators instead of gazetted officers due to which citizens suffer a lot. It is a routine practice that Grade-16 or Grade-17 officers run the affairs of Nadra registration centres who work as manager or assistant director, respectively. However, the Nadra offices in Parachinar and Sadda in Kurram district and Kalaya in Orakzai district have been left at the mercy of Grade-14 deputy superintendents. But the story doesn't end here as there is a Nadra centre in...