Incident 196: Compromise of National Biometric ID Card System Leads to Reverification and Change of Status

Description: When the leader of the Afghan Taliban was found possessing a valid ID card in the Pakistani national biometric identification database system, Pakistan launch a national re-verification campaign that is linked to numerous changes in recognition status and loss of services.

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Alleged: Pakistan National Database and Registration Authority developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Pakistani citizens.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
196
Report Count
5
Incident Date
2013-09-01
Editors
Sean McGregor
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

5.2. Loss of human agency and autonomy

Risk Domain

  1. Human-Computer Interaction

Entity

Human

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Intentional

Technology in the Service of Development: The NADRA Story
cgdev.org · 2014

Foreword: Pakistan is a leader in the application of identification systems and technology to a range of development issues. The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) of Pakistan has become a central player in a number of pro…

IHC accepts petition challenging jurisdiction of NADRA to impound CNIC of girl
nation.com.pk · 2021

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday accepted a petition challenging the jurisdiction of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to impound CNIC of a girl by purportedly adjudicating upon the question of her pa…

IHC imposes 0.5m fine on Nadra for blocking woman’s CNIC
thenews.com.pk · 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday has imposed Rs0.5 million as fine on the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for blocking the CNIC of a woman over a paternity dispute.

The court, in its order, states t…

Nadra has no power to adjudicate upon paternity: IHC
brecorder.com · 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared that the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) is not vested with the power and jurisdiction to, directly or indirectly, adjudicate upon or interfere with intricate conte…

Pakistan’s biometric ID scheme is stripping citizenship from thousands of people
codastory.com · 2021

Balochistan, Pakistan. Akhtar Mansour, head of the Afghan Taliban, finished his lunch at a roadside cafe, and was en route to the provincial capital of Quetta when his white Toyota Corolla was reduced to a smoldering mass of twisted metal b…

Variants

A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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