BAJAUR: Visitors to the National Database and Registration Authority’s swift registration centre in Khar have complained about lack of seating arrangements, electricity fans and drinking water in the building.

Talking to Dawn on Monday, they said the centre housed in a rented building outside the Civil Colony, Khar, had also no shelter for the applicants waiting for their turn outside the building. They said the centre also had no washroom for the visitors.

“The swift registration centre was established some two decades ago in the district headquarters, but the authorities have failed to equip it with adequate facilities for comfort of visitors,” Akbar Khan, a resident of Mamond tehsil, told Dawn.

Asad Khan, a resident of Salarzai region, who along with a friend waited outside the centre for their turn, said the centre was visited by about 400 applicants daily. He said due to lack of space inside the building the applicants were made to stand in long queues outside under scorching sun.

Fawad Khan, a youth of Sadiqabad town of Khar tehsil, said lack of facilities caused inconvenience to the visitors in getting their CNICs and other documents done.

“The centre has no chairs for the visitors nor drinking water and fans,” he said.

The visitors said a protest was held some weeks ago to demand provision of facilities in the centre, but to no avail.

Some applicants also complained about unfriendly attitude of the centre manager with the applicants.

A senior official at the Nadra centre admitted absence of facilities in the building. He, however, said the centre would be shifted to a well-equipped building in a month.

Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2022