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Final Date for e-NIC Rollout Likely Next Week: Officials

Officials of the electronic identity cards (e-NIC) department said on Sunday it closely coordinating with the presidential palace to finalize the date for the rollout of the new identity cards.
 
All necessary arrangements and preparations are at their peak to roll out the electronic identity cards. The first rollout will be in Kabul, said e-NIC advisor and spokesman Rohullah Ahmadzai.
 
A join committee of the national assembly is expected to debate the fate of electronic identity cards next week.
 
“Next week we will share the exact date of the rolling out process with the people of Afghanistan,” said Ahmadzai.
 
In terms of president Ashraf Ghani’s order, the new ID cards will include the religion and ethnicity of the holder.
 
On Thursday Ghani ordered the census department, the Afghanistan Civil Registration Authority, to be prepared for the rollout of electronic identity cards within the days to come, director of the department, Homayoun Mohtaat said Thursday.
 
“Be prepared for the rollout of electronic national identity cards (e-NIC) within the next few days. I want to receive my electronic identity card as soon as possible,” Mohtaat wrote in a Facebook post, quoting Ghani’s order.
 
He further writes that the president has said that if the work of the joint committee does not give effect to the legislative decree, the head of state will respect the decision of the committee and will consider the necessary reforms in line with the decision of the committee.
 
Ghani’s order on the e-NIC rollout met with mixed reactions among legislators in the parliament. A joint commission of the national assembly was formed to discuss the modalities of president’s order.
 
“We will convene the meeting on Monday, it will determine the minority and the majority,” said Hashim Ortaq, a member of the joint commission.
 
What happens next if the joint committee rejects the presidential order?
 
“The government of Afghanistan should not start the rollout process of electronic identity cards before the decision of the national assembly,” said Mohammad Asif Sediqqi, second deputy of the senate.
 
“When it gets legal status, then we are obliged to consider the necessary changes on the basis of their decision in our working process,” said Ahmadzai.
 
The first phase of e-NIC will be launched in Kabul and then it will be extended to the provinces. 
 
The process is composed of four phases. First, data is collected about the person, then his or her identity is certified and in the third phase, the applicants go through a biometric system. An applicant could receive the ID card within a week.

Final Date for e-NIC Rollout Likely Next Week: Officials

“When it gets legal status, then we are obliged to consider the necessary changes on the basis of their decision in our working process,” said Ahmadzai.

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Officials of the electronic identity cards (e-NIC) department said on Sunday it closely coordinating with the presidential palace to finalize the date for the rollout of the new identity cards.
 
All necessary arrangements and preparations are at their peak to roll out the electronic identity cards. The first rollout will be in Kabul, said e-NIC advisor and spokesman Rohullah Ahmadzai.
 
A join committee of the national assembly is expected to debate the fate of electronic identity cards next week.
 
“Next week we will share the exact date of the rolling out process with the people of Afghanistan,” said Ahmadzai.
 
In terms of president Ashraf Ghani’s order, the new ID cards will include the religion and ethnicity of the holder.
 
On Thursday Ghani ordered the census department, the Afghanistan Civil Registration Authority, to be prepared for the rollout of electronic identity cards within the days to come, director of the department, Homayoun Mohtaat said Thursday.
 
“Be prepared for the rollout of electronic national identity cards (e-NIC) within the next few days. I want to receive my electronic identity card as soon as possible,” Mohtaat wrote in a Facebook post, quoting Ghani’s order.
 
He further writes that the president has said that if the work of the joint committee does not give effect to the legislative decree, the head of state will respect the decision of the committee and will consider the necessary reforms in line with the decision of the committee.
 
Ghani’s order on the e-NIC rollout met with mixed reactions among legislators in the parliament. A joint commission of the national assembly was formed to discuss the modalities of president’s order.
 
“We will convene the meeting on Monday, it will determine the minority and the majority,” said Hashim Ortaq, a member of the joint commission.
 
What happens next if the joint committee rejects the presidential order?
 
“The government of Afghanistan should not start the rollout process of electronic identity cards before the decision of the national assembly,” said Mohammad Asif Sediqqi, second deputy of the senate.
 
“When it gets legal status, then we are obliged to consider the necessary changes on the basis of their decision in our working process,” said Ahmadzai.
 
The first phase of e-NIC will be launched in Kabul and then it will be extended to the provinces. 
 
The process is composed of four phases. First, data is collected about the person, then his or her identity is certified and in the third phase, the applicants go through a biometric system. An applicant could receive the ID card within a week.

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