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title: "NADRA expands iris scan facility for children"
description: "Most outlets reported that NADRA has expanded its iris scan facility to children, making it available at 5,000 counters nationwide. The Express Tribune emphasized the move as a measure to counter identity theft, while ProPakistani provided a more general summary of the expansion without specifying the purpose."
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# NADRA expands iris scan facility for children

pakistan · updated 28 Sep 2026, 12:49 PM PKT · 27–28 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that NADRA has expanded its iris scan facility to children, making it available at 5,000 counters nationwide. The Express Tribune emphasized the move as a measure to counter identity theft, while ProPakistani provided a more general summary of the expansion without specifying the purpose.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **ProPakistani** — [NADRA Expands Iris Scans for Minors at 5,000 Counters Nationwide](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/28/nadra-expands-iris-scans-for-minors-at-5000-counters-nationwide/) · 28 Sep 2026, 12:49 PM PKT
  > The National Database and Registration Authority has expanded biometric identification for minors using iris scans, making the facility available at… Read More
- **The Express Tribune** — [NADRA expands iris scan facility](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2631762/nadra-expands-iris-scan-facility) · 27 Sep 2026, 11:16 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Scan now available for children at 5,000-plus counters to counter identity theft

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [NADRA introduces free iris scan service nationwide](https://harzaviya.com/stories/371-nadra-introduces-free-iris-scan-service-nationwide) · 27 Jul 2026 · 4 outlets · 82% related
- [NADRA to Launch Online Biometric Verification via PakID App](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5486-nadra-to-launch-online-biometric-verification-via) · 30 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 72% related
- [NADRA introduces alternative biometric verification for citizens with unreadable fingerprints](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11075-nadra-introduces-alternative-biometric-verification) · 29 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 71% related

2 articles from 2 outlets, 27–28 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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