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What should one do if one's Pakistani ID card gets stolen?

Sumi | 13 years ago

What's the procedure? Where should one go? Should police be notified?

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Summing up the comments so far alongside my own experience:
If someone stole your Pakistani ID card, you should (1) first go to a police station and get a FIR copy. This is to make sure no one misuses your ID card. In my case I did not do that as I did not know about this step. (2) Then you should take the FIR copy to NADRA so that they can block/cancel your old ID card and issue a new one. In my case, even though I clearly stated that my ID card got stolen, no one asked me for a FIR copy and simply gave me a token to go through the required steps needed to make a new ID card.

Question: Are any further steps needed?
Thank you all for your replies so far! :)

Sumi | 13 years ago

Asked by: Sumi | 13 years ago | Answers: 9 | Views: 58318

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Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

Yeah first step in that regard is to inform Police... before notifying and applying with NADRA for duplicate CNIC u must have the FIR of the lost/stole CNIC... !!

Answered by: Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

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And what if I don't inform police? I seriously did not have time to do that!

Sumi | 13 years ago

Its the procedure yar... my brother lost few years back thats why i knw... NADRA wont accept ur application for a duplicate widout FIR...
And last resort is that someone finds ur card and send it back to you

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

I don't know why, they did not ask me anything on this topic and I was allowed to re-issue for a duplicate. I had to take flight next day, so couldn't do much. But thank you, good to know! Thx.

Sumi | 13 years ago

hmmm.. well I dnt knw why they asked us for FIR...

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

perhaps advantage of being a female (for once)? :p

Sumi | 13 years ago

Lolz... lemme tell you, u can read minds... :P this was in my mind buh i dint say that k kahin sentimental na hojao ap.. :P

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

lolz. yeah, people tend to say that I can read minds :D no, come on...itni ziada bhe senti nahe hoon. :)

Sumi | 13 years ago

Lolzz... I just thought that coz kuch larkiyan iss kisam ki baatein mind kar jati hain... :P
warna u urself knw k u done it illegally :P dnt u? dint followed the proper way

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

lolz. I don't live in Pakistan and I actually have no idea how it works. Someone suggested me to go to police, but I did not have time for that, so I directly went to NADRA and they did not ask me anything. That is why I was not sure what this whole police thing was all about...and nope, I had no idea that what I did was illegal, since noone told me so and I only did what I was asked to do. :))
haan, had I known you were pointing out the 'having done it illegally thingy', main bhe senti ho ja te :p

Sumi | 13 years ago

hahahahaha... lolzz... :P alreasy hogaye senti thats why u provided whole long explanation... ;) neways we conclude on the starting point k larki honay ka faida hua apko... warna u dnt knw how hectic is to deal with the police... ughhhh ... its good that u r done widout getting caught up into that fatigue... :) buh still i wud sayyyy that was ''illegal''... lolxx :P Chillllllllllll ...juz kiddin... ;-/

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

woto hai, though I don't need to justify anything, but I guess most females tend to do that. :p yes, Alhamdulillah, very thankful to Allah for solving my problems easily. :)

Sumi | 13 years ago

Cheerz :)

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

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Nabeha | 13 years ago

You should report in police immediately, because it can be used for other purposes. Then you go to NADRA and tell them everything. They will tell u to fill one form and will cancel your old id card, from their database. After some days you will get your new id card :)

I have been through same procedure two years back, I don't know if system is still same or changed

Answered by: Nabeha | 13 years ago

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Geesh, thanks Nabeha. Hmmm....I will have to discuss it with my people then. It is so strange, those people did not tell me anything. I just got a token and they did the routine thing and made a new ID. The only thing which is confusing me now is whether they issued a new ID with new number or made me do all that stuff in order to get a duplicate ID of the one stolen? Hmmm...

Thanks for the info!

Sumi | 13 years ago

wotttt??? U dint even tell them that u need a new one coz ur older NIC is lost??

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

Argh. Someone stole my ID card on a Saturday. Couldn't do anything on Sunday, so on Monday I went to NADRA and told them that it got stolen and that I am flying on Tuesday - so what shall I do? They did not tell me anything about reporting etc... how was I supposed to know? :(

Sumi | 13 years ago

u must have a printed slip with you... On that u have ur id card number written... You have to return that slip in order to get the card... check if that ID card number matches with ur stolen one??
If yes then no issues yar chill maro.. :)

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

thank you! I will have to call tomorrow to see if that's the case, since I don't have it with me. thx again! :)

Sumi | 13 years ago

Anytime yar! :) Pleasure is all mine :)

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

BTW Nabeha's point is still valid what if someone else uses your card for God knows whatever purpose ( Buying Sim cards etc. ) ... as far as I know FIR is a must thing ... should give it a thought

Hassan Ahmed | 13 years ago

Yup this is why I said that you should report to the police first :)

Nabeha | 13 years ago

Sorry to oppose but now a days its not possible to use another person's id card to buy a simm card because when u get ur simm activated, the PTA officials will ask you queries for confirmation that are not mentioned on id card but they have them in their records.
So i guess a fake person can definitely buy a sim but cnt use it for sure.. :)

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

Sumi | 13 years ago

pareshaan na ho sumi... No one can misuse ur card... :)

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

:) thx Faiq. inshaAllah, no one will.

Sumi | 13 years ago

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Hassan Ahmed | 13 years ago

Step 1 is to report to Police and get an FIR copy , then step 2 is to go to NADRA with that FIR copy and application ...

Answered by: Hassan Ahmed | 13 years ago

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agree!

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

Oh my! How could those people even proceed with the whole thing without asking me to bring a FIR copy first? I guess, I cannot do much now...but thanks a lot for the info! Amazingly NADRA was pretty much empty when I went there this time!

Sumi | 13 years ago

Lucky you! ;)

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

ID card got stolen --> not lucky!
NADRA empty so that I can make a new ID card --> Alhamdulillah, lucky :D

Sumi | 13 years ago

no FIR fatigue --> Luckyyyy :p

Faiq Latifi | 13 years ago

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Munahil Murrieum | 13 years ago

I think you need to notify NADRA Office for this purpose.

Answered by: Munahil Murrieum | 13 years ago

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thank you :)

Sumi | 13 years ago

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Arifa Batool | 13 years ago

You should either drop it in the post box or you should post the ID card to the card holder's permanent address!

Answered by: Arifa Batool | 13 years ago

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that is if you find someone's lost ID card, right? I was actually asking what the person whose card got stolen do?

Sumi | 13 years ago

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Osama Afzal | 13 years ago

- launch FIR against it
- take taht copy of FIR to nadra office and apply for the duplicate NIC ...
- they will send you the NIC
thats it :D

Answered by: Osama Afzal | 13 years ago

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thx for the reply!

Sumi | 13 years ago

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Anonymous | 9 years ago

No need to go anything for lose/Steal Exclude NADRA

Just, Visit NADRA Office

(I also lost my ID Card)

Answered by: Anonymous | 9 years ago

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Anonymous | 7 years ago

No need to go to police... I lost mine and they did'nt ask any thing.... may be thats the case only if your id card is stolen

Answered by: Anonymous | 7 years ago

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Anonymous | 7 years ago

i think FIR and reporting are two different things?
you should go to police and get report card for lost of cnic and have to show this card to Nadra officials.

Answered by: Anonymous | 7 years ago

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