The National Party's Balochistan provincial spokesperson has welcomed what the party described as a decision by NADRA and the Ministry of Interior to block Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) issued to Afghan, Hazara, and Uzbek refugees who entered Pakistan after 1979, and has called for the cards to be cancelled entirely.

In a statement, the spokesperson said a large influx of refugees arrived in Balochistan in 1979, and that manually issued CNICs given to Afghan, Hazara, and Uzbek refugees at the time were later identified as fraudulent once NADRA's records were computerized, leading to their blocking.

The spokesperson alleged that political pressure was repeatedly being applied on NADRA to unblock these cards, and said the National Party opposed any such pressure. The party demanded that all blocked CNICs issued to Afghan, Hazara, and Uzbek refugees be permanently cancelled without exception, and that no political influence be accepted in the matter.

The party said the integrity of Pakistan's national identification system needed to be maintained, and described what it called fraudulent identity documents as a threat to national security. [Note: NADRA and the Interior Ministry's own position was not independently confirmed for this report — the claims of blocking and the fraud characterization are the National Party's, not verified directly with the agencies.]

Published in Balochistan Dispatch, August 23th , 2026