NADRA Warns Citizens Against Sharing Tracking IDs on Social Media

NADRA has told citizens to stop posting their tracking IDs on social media. Fake accounts have been popping up, replying to people’s posts, asking for exactly that information.

The authority put out a spokesperson statement making one thing clear: tracking IDs are never shared through comments, not by NADRA, not ever. So if something claiming to be NADRA asks for it in a reply, it’s fake.

Here’s the problem with sharing it publicly. A tracking ID is tied directly to someone’s CNIC application. Anyone who gets hold of it can potentially check or mess with that application. That’s the whole risk.

NADRA isn’t asking people to panic, just to stop the habit. Don’t post tracking numbers, CNIC numbers, or any personal detail in a public comment section, even if the account replying looks legit.

There are three actual ways to check application status. Text 8400. Call 051-111-786-100. Or dial 1777 from a mobile phone, that one works for most basic queries too.

The PakID app also does this job, and it skips the whole “contacting someone” step entirely.

NADRA says it’s continuing to go after fake pages using its name, and wants people reporting these accounts rather than replying to them or handing over information.

This isn’t new territory for NADRA either. Fake job websites, scam calls promising cash prizes for old CNIC numbers, fraudulent portals overseas, the authority’s dealt with all of it before. Scammers are now using social media to try the same tricks.