ISLAMABAD – The top guns of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) have rejected the allegation hurled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Election Commission of Pakistan regarding the sharing of sensitive information.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, all four director-generals of NADRA expressed that the accusation had been leveled against former employee Syed Muzaffar who was fired over corruption accusations.
The top Nadra officials insisted they were not associated with any political party stressing that not even a single citizen’s data was shared through any platform.
According to DG NADRA Zulfiqar Ali, an internal email was shown on television by a private channel but it was not linked to data leakage in any capacity.
“Ever since Nadra was established, data has not been leaked,” Ali said.
He further said that the authority is audited every year and has been lauded by the Supreme Court as well adding that false accusations had been levelled in the run up to elections in the past and the practice is being repeated.
The polls watchdog had alleged that Nadra violated its agreement regarding the confidentiality of data as it was not permitted to share data with anyone as per the agreement.
ECP had demanded that the Nadra chairman Usman Mobin conduct an inquiry against those involved in the alleged data leak.
A Nadra spokesperson had however termed the allegations baseless and malicious. Moreover, it clarified that it had not provided any kind of data to any political party.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief had threatened to take legal course against the Nadra chief over the allegation.
