Nadra signs Sehat Sahulat deal with ministry.

ISLAMABAD -- The NatioAnal Database and RegistraAtion Authority (Nadra) has signed an agreement with Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination for swift service delivery to health card holders.

Nadra will provide a `centralised information management system' for permanent residents of Punjab to benefit from the Sehat Sahulat programme.

The agreement was signed by Nadra officials and health authorities of federal and Punjab governments at the Nadra headquarters.

The system will enable the people of Punjab to avail free healthcare services by using the computerised national identity card as a health card at authorised government and private hospitals.

With the latest agreement with MoNHSRC, Nadra will provide a digital solution system which includes Data Verification Services (Family ComposiAtion, CNIC verification, Centralised Management Information System, Call Centre Services (Outbound) for feedback of beneficiaries, Data Hosting and allied services and Hospital Services Module.

Speaking on occasion, Nadra Chairman Tariq Malik said the authority possessed an excellent infrastructure to support the government's reforms efforts.

He said that Nadra was a vital technology arm of the federal...