This ensures that the new cards are accepted as a recognized document by banks, education institutions, police and others, and it also provides for ‘existing’ PoR cards (ie, those with the 2015 expiry date) to remain recognized in the interim. The Government of Pakistan has issued formal notification of the new PoR smartcards to financial institutions, law enforcement agencies and service providers. Processing rates are accelerating after a dip in July and a record number of interviews-more than 148,000-were completed in August. A further 4-5 sites and several additional mobile teams are expected to commence later in the exercise.Īt full capacity, DRIVE is able to interview an average of 10,400 individuals per day, six days per week.Īs at the end of August, DRIVE has completed more than thirty per cent of its anticipated interviews, and 100,000 individuals have received new PoR smartcards. The new smartcards have an initial validity period of two years.ĭRIVE verifications are being carried out at 35 operational sites across Pakistan, support-ed by four mobile teams covering vulnerable groups and remote locations. The Documentation Renewal and Information Verification Exercise (DRIVE) is being undertaken by the Government of Pakistan - the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON), the Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees (CCAR), and the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) - with the support of UNHCR.ĭRIVE is verifying and updating the data of 1.43 million Afghan refugees who are Proof of Registration (PoR) cardholders in Pakistan and issuing new PoR smartcards to all eligible refugees.
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