Bill for unified ‘digital ID’ to be tabled in NA today

• Legislation envisions data from public, private entities being fed into centralised system to improve governance, streamline govt services
• Two new entities, National Digital Commission and Pakistan Digital Authority, envisioned to drive transformation plan
• National Forensics Agency Bill, passed by Senate, also on today’s NA agenda

KARACHI: The government plans to present a bill in the National Assembly today (Monday) to create a digital identity for citizens, with the aim of centralising social...