Sindh CM asks NADRA to develop database of flood-affected people.

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in his meeting with Chairman of NADRA Tariq Malik urged him to develop a database and system for his government so that the distribution of relief goods and transfer of cash to the affected people could be made transparent.

"We want distribution of relief goods in such a smooth and transparent way so that each and every affected family can benefit." The meeting held at CM House was attended by Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Secretary to CM Rahim Shaikh, and Col Anees of NADRA.

The chief minister said that the heavy rains/floods have displaced around 1.5 million people and collapsed three million houses. "Presently over 600,000 people are living in camps and a similar number of affectees have temporarily settled along the main roads and highways," he said.

Murad said that the provincial and federal governments, friendly countries, and donor agencies were supporting us to provide relief goods to the affected people. "I want you (NADRA) to develop a database of the affected people on a union council basis with the provision of making entry of providing relief goods being provided to them so that it can be verified," he said and added there must be digital details of the recipient and donor/administration giving them goods.

Chairman of NADRA Tariq Malik told the chief minister that his organization would...