The following list was sent to the Research Directorate on 6 April 2001 by an official at the Pakistani Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (Interior Division) in Islamabad. The official was forwarding to the Research Directorate information provided by Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). NADRA is the department within the Ministry of the Interior and Narcotics Control that is responsible for the issuance of National Identity Cards (NIC). (each DRO is listed under a heading for a Regional Registration Office - RRO. The numbering is provided by the source):

RRO Lahore

1. Lahore

2. Kasur

3. Okara

4. Sheikhupura

5. Gujranwala

6. Hafizabad

7. Sialkot

8. Narowal

9. Faisalabad

10. T.T. Singh

11. Jhang

12. Sargodha

13. Khushab

RRO Karachi

1. Karachi (East)

2. Karachi (West)

3. Karachi (South)

4. Karachi (Malier)

5. Karachi (Centeral) (sic)

6. Hyderabad

7. Thatta

8. Badin

9. Mirpurkhas

10. Mithi (Tharparkar)

11. Umerkot

12. Larkana

13. Sanghar

14. Nawabshah

15. Naushero Feroze

16. Dadu

17. Sukkur

18. Ghotki (Mirpur Mathelo)

19. Shikarpur

20. Khairpur Mirs

21. Jacobabad

RRO Peshawar

1. Peshawar

2. Nowshera

3. Mardan

4. Abbattabad

5. Bannu

6. Kohat

7. D.I. Khan

8. Dir

9. Swat

10. Chitral

11. Malakand

12. Kohistan

13. Mansehra

14. Karak

15. Charsadda

16. Bunnair

17. Batagram

18. Haripur

19. Swabi

20. Tank

21. Lakki Marwat

RRO Quetta

1. Quetta

2. Pishin

3. Nasirabad

4. Bolan

5. Sibi

6. Kalat

7. Mastung

8. Kech (Turbat)

9. Jhal Magsi

10. Gawadur

11. Barkhan

12. Chagai

13. Khu?dar (illegible letter)

14. Loralai

15. Ziarat

16. Jaffarabad

17. Lasbella

18. Qilla saifullah

19. Dera Bughti

20. Punjgur

21. Kohlu

22. Kharan

23. Musa Khel

24. Zhob

RRO Multan

1. Multan

2. Khanewal

3. Bahawalpur

4. Bahawalnagar

5. R.Y. Khan

6. Rajanpur

7. Layyah

8. Muzaffargarh

9. Lodhran

10. Vehari

11. Sahiwal

12. Pak pattan

13. D.G. Khan

RRO AK/NA, Islamabad

1. Islamabad

2. Rawalpindi

3. Attock

4. Rawalakot

5. Jhelum

6. Chakwal

7. Gujrat

8. Mandi Bahau din

9. Mianwali

10. Bhakkar

11. Muzaffarabad

12. Mirpur (AK)

13. Kotli

14. Bagh

15. Gilgit

16. Ghizer

17. Skardu

18. Ghanche

19. Diamir (Chilas)

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Reference

Pakistan. Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (Interior Division). 6 April 2001. Correspondence (forwarding information provided by the National Database and Registration Authority - NADRA).