What is the difference between CNIC and Snic?

What is the difference between CNIC and Snic?

CNIC is Urdu version computerized card and SNIC is Pakistan’s first national electronic identity card.

What is Snic NADRA?

Smart National Identity Card (SNIC) National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP)

What is Snic?

NADRA introduced the Smart National Identity Card (SNIC), Pakistan’s first national electronic identity card, in October 2012. NADRA aims to replace all 89.5 million CNICs with SNICs by 2020.

What is Snic card?

Pakistan: Smart National Identity Card (SNIC), including content, validity period, purpose, and associated benefits. According to local media sources, as of March 2013, NADRA had issued 627,072 SNICs (Pakistan Today 24 Mar.

What is the benefit of smart card?

The major advantages of smart cards are that they store much more information than can be stored on a magnetic-stripe card — between 10 and 100 times more; they have the capability to remotely process data by relying upon a central processing unit that actually resides on the chip; and they are more secure.

Can I get a SIM card at the age of 17 in Pakistan?

After the successful launch of the chip-based Smart National Identity Card (SNIC) for Pakistani adults, the National Registration and Database Authority (NADRA) is all set to issue smart cards for children under 18 years of age.

Does Smartcard expire after 18?

The chip-based cards will be distinguished from child registration certificate (CRC), as it will become an “entitlement document” with multiple facilities. Such child smart card carrying biometric data shall be valid beyond the age of 18 as smart CNICs also.

What is smart card features?

Smart cards provide a robust set of encryption capabilities, including key generation, secure key storage, hashing, and digital signing. These capabilities can be used to protect privacy in many ways.

Does smart card expire when you turn 18?

Such child smart card carrying biometric data shall be valid beyond the age of 18 as smart CNICs also. However, the new smart card will carry child’s picture with biometric record. This card is not mandatory. CRC (B-Form) shall remain valid and NADRA shall continue to issue the same as per registration policy in vogue.

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