ISLAMABAD: In a bid to closely monitor terror activity in the capital, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and police have started a data survey for all residents on Saturday, DawnNews reported.

The surveys will be collected to create a comprehensive database — including the residents' family connections — which is expected to help security officials in countering terrorist and criminal activities.

In order to carry out the survey effectively, at least 40 Nadra-police coordinated teams are assigned for the job.

According to media reports, the survey will be completed in two months' time.

The survey will not only include urban areas but identification data on residents from Islamabad’s remote areas will also be collected, so people can be traced if there is suspicion of involvement in terrorism.

In April this year, a report jointly prepared by the Rawalpindi and Islamabad police claimed that the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was getting active support from hardliner religious seminaries to carry out terrorist attacks in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

In the same month, a deadly terrorist attack in the Sabzi Mandi area of the capital city killed at least 24 people and wounded more than 115.

In March, at least 11 people, including additional sessions judge Rafaqat Awan, were killed and 29 others wounded during a gun and bomb attack in a court in the capital city’s F-8 area.