Nadra launches platform to track sex offenders.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has developed National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform coupled with an SMS verification service to help citizens and institutions identify and track individuals convicted of sex crimes against children and women.

It is a dynamic database of sexual convicts. The links are established with various law enforcement departments and provincial governments so that updates are made in real time.

This move is aimed at making the service more dynamic and responsive to the needs of the institutions and people at large in preventing sexual violence and abuse.

An SMS-based verification service will alert citizens, employers and departments to beware of such culprits.

'This initiative has always remained close to my heart, which is a critical step towards safeguarding women and children from sexual violence and abuse,' according to Nadra Chairman Tariq Malik.

Move aimed at preventing sexual violence and abuse

He announced that citizens could now use this service to verify the CNIC number of individuals being hired for household chores, at mosques, colleges, universities, or any other employment to ensure they are not sexual convicts, have a clean record and can be trusted around women and children.

Mr Malik said: 'Preventing even a single instance of child or woman from sexual abuse is not just an act of protection but also an investment in the...