Chairman Ali Arshad Hakeem

Mr. Ali Arshad Hakeem has a dynamic professional background in both public and private sector organizations of Pakistan as well as abroad, and had joined NADRA as Chairman on August 12, 2008. His versatile experience had brought many value additions and a completely service oriented vision to NADRA. He not only served in Pakistan’s Central Board of Revenue for ten years at Senior Management positions but had also been closely involved with Business Process Outsourcing Operations, Computerization of Land Records and Automation of Customs Process in Pakistan. His special interests include Data Mining for National Security & Poverty Alleviation. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, Business Administration and Law and believes in an optimistic change through innovation in various Business and economic ventures.

Deputy Chairman Tariq Malik

Mr. Tariq Malik was appointed in strategic management role as Deputy Chairman by board members of National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) in 2008. Mr. Malik brings 18 years of strategic management experience in implementing high profile citizen centric technology solutions for the governments of the United States of America, Canada, Germany, Bahrain and Pakistan. He is well-known in the project and technology management as a successful CIO, Senior Consultant Information Systems, Speaker, Writer, Trainer and Researcher of Information Technology in Public Sector. Prior to joining NADRA, he worked as Deputy Chief of Technology at Wayne County in State of Michigan, USA. Mr. Malik has the honor to work as IT-Advisor of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Ms. Benazir Bhutto. Mr. Malik has done Masters in International Management from Heidelberg, Germany, after having completed Masters in Computer Science. As a professional, Mr. Malik participated as guest speaker and attended various executive leadership programs offered by John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Stanford University, California, and American Management Association, USA.

Chief Technology Officer Usman Y. Mobin

Mr. Usman Y. Mobin assumed the vital role of NADRA’s Chief Technology Officer in 2002. Educated at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), USA, he acquired Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Mr. Mobin is bestowed with a wealth of knowledge coupled with strong technical expertise which he has successfully applied to bring about revolutionary changes in various legacy systems at national and international level; gaining positive repute as a pioneer for contributing innovative state-of-art technology solutions. He is also well respected as the architect of Pakistan Passport System enabling the development of world's first multi-biometric electronic passport. Apart from this, a few of his major achievements include invention of remarkably fast phonetics-based search technique operative on multilingual identity databases such as Pakistan's National Data Warehouse and invention of algorithmic technique for family tree linkage in National Database. Mr. Mobin received ID World - Special Award “ID Talent Award” in 2007 for his excellence in the field of Technology, Presidential Medal for “Persistence in Excellence” and "Tamgah-e-Imtiaz” in 2009 awarded for Public Service.

Chief Operating Officer Brig(R) Zahid Hussain

Brigadier Zahid Hussain SI(M) (retd) was appointed as Chief Operating Officer NADRA w.e.f. 12 August 2009. He served as GM Quetta for a year where he was known to be a deliverer and made momentous progress, especially in public dealing; providing essential facilities and creating job opportunities, by adding around 200 new appointments. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics,U.K. Brigadier(R) Zahid has also rendered meritorious services in the Pakistan Army and commanded the troops in Dera Buggati, Jehlum and Karachi. He also served as Station Commander Kharian. He was awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz(Military) for his commendable service.

Chief Financial Officer Shahid Hamid

Mr. Shahid Hamid joined NADRA on 21 May 2008. Prior to joining NADRA, he worked in Pakistan High Commission, London for 6 years. Mr. Hamid is a career civil servant of Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service possessing extensive work experience of over 30 years. Mr. Hamid had previously worked with Civil Aviation Authority, Ministry of Defence, PWD and Pakistan Audit Department which includes working as WAPDA Performance Auditor for 8 years. He holds Masters Degree in Economics and had taken specialized training in Project Evaluation from UK.

Secretary NADRA Authority / PSO to Chairman Col(R) Shaukat Raza

Col.(R) Shuakat Raza has been serving in NADRA for the last 9 years. He served as General Manager Islamabad from 2001 to 2004. He has been working as Principal Staff Officer since his appointment in 2004. He has vast field experience and is well versed with NADRA's internal working environment. He is the focal person dealing with Ministries, Missions Abroad and other Inland and Foreign Departments.