{"id":22056,"date":"2025-10-05T18:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=22056"},"modified":"2025-10-05T18:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:04:04","slug":"why-is-cancelling-id-card-after-death-important-for-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=22056","title":{"rendered":"Why is cancelling ID card after death important for families?"},"content":{"rendered":"
While obtaining a Computerised National Identity Card is essential for accessing education, banking services, voting rights, and other legal or financial transactions, as well as for employment, its timely cancellation by the family members after the death of any person is equally important to prevent complications in inheritance, pension claims, and other legal matters, Associated Press of Pakistan reported.<\/p>\n

Across Pakistan, many families still fail to cancel the CNICs of their deceased relatives \u2014 some out of unawareness, others to avoid the associated fees. As a result, the ID cards of the deceased remain active, often leading to complications in inheritance distribution, pension settlements, and other legal transactions.<\/p>\n

One such case is that of Bakht Bibi, a 45-year-old resident of Ali Town, Rawalpindi. In the middle of an open ground where garbage piles up and children play among scraps of tin and plastic, she sits outside her small hut built from cloth and metal sheets. Her husband passed away a few months ago, leaving behind six children and no property.<\/p>\n

PHOTO: APP<\/p>\n

For the first time in her family, a CNIC has been cancelled after a death.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never thought cancelling the ID card was necessary,\u201d she told APP. \u201cBut now NADRA has made it easy. The cancellation is free, and the entry appears automatically in our family tree record.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the directives of the interior minister, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced key reforms including the cancellation of the CNIC after death free of charge.<\/p>\n

When a death is recorded in the Civil Registration Management System (CRMS), NADRA automatically updates the family record. Relatives visiting NADRA for any other service are first asked to confirm the death through biometric verification, after which the deceased\u2019s CNIC is cancelled.<\/p>\n

Although NADRA can cancel CNICs automatically based on provincial data, the biometric step ensures accuracy \u2014 especially since some provincial systems still lack biometric devices.<\/p>\n

Officials say the reforms have produced strong results. CNIC cancellations after death have increased nearly sixfold, data accuracy has improved, and fake entries have sharply declined.<\/p>\n

PHOTO: APP<\/p>\n

A Rawalpindi resident, Bilal Ahmed, appreciated the change: \u201cEarlier, people avoided the process because of the cost, but now we can easily get the CNICs of our late elders and other family members cancelled without any hassle.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Sargodha, village headman Ghulam Ali Dhaddi said: \u201cWhen a CNIC is cancelled, all related departments \u2014 like property and the FBR \u2014 should automatically update their data. Poor and uneducated families find it hard to visit every office.\u201d<\/p>\n

Legal expert Usman Farooq Dhaddi told APP that NADRA\u2019s decision to make free cancellation of the CNIC would not only help families but also strengthen national databases.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith accurate death records, the government can plan better \u2014 from budgets to workforce estimates,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cLinking NADRA\u2019s verified data with other departments would promote transparency in inheritance and welfare systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, some citizens believe there is still room for improvement. A woman named Sidra expressed her concern: \u201cWhile free cancellation is a welcome step, I wish property transfer and devision of inheritance were also made automatic with CNIC cancellation. That would help daughters, like me, receive rightful share.\u201d<\/p>\n

For women like Bakht Bibi, the change represents more than just an administrative reform. It brings dignity. Her late husband\u2019s name is now properly marked in NADRA\u2019s family tree \u2014 proof that even families living in poverty are counted and acknowledged.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While obtaining a Computerised National Identity Card is essential for accessing education, banking services, voting rights, and other legal or financial transactions, as well as for employment, its timely cancellation by the family members after the death of any person is equally important to prevent complications in inheritance, pension claims, and other legal matters, Associated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}