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(2023) Government website / press release
NADRA launches Iris Recognition System for identity verification, citizen de-duplication
Radio Pakistan
Ref: SRC-001-PAK-002
Accessed: 10/31/2025
Summary
Official government news report confirming NADRA's launch of iris recognition as a third biometric modality on the ABIS platform. Reports deployment at selected centres in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi with planned rollout to all 700 registration centres. Describes iris technology as complementing existing fingerprint and facial-image matching.
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Radio Pakistan (2023) 'NADRA launches Iris Recognition System for identity verification, citizen de-duplication', Radio Pakistan, 4 June. Available at: https://www.radio.gov.pk/04-06-2023/nadra-launches-iris-recognition-system-for-identity-verification-citizen-de-duplication (Accessed: 31 October 2025).