428:. Despite being restored as chairman, he later resigned alleging that he had been threatened with the kidnapping of him and his family by those who did not want the election process verified. In its judgement, the Superior court of Pakistan instead issued a charge sheet against the government for intimidating, victimizing harassing and frightening him of consequences.
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Investigations by Nadra revealed that the thumb impressions on 23,432 ballots could not be compared or matched through the Nadra system because the fingerprints were of very poor quality seemingly due to a lack of essential properties of the ink and inkpad used in the process of balloting. The report
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Tariq Malik was summoned by Punjab Chief
Minister in Lahore on Monday where he was kept busy till late in the night. "The chief minister did not meet him. He was received by Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah who talked of thumb impressions verification in NA-118," a source close to the Nadra chief's
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A source close to NADRA's office stated that Rana
Sanaullah (who was Home Minister first and then Minister of Law & Justice later) asked Tariq to compromise on the thumb impressions' verification and provide a clean chit to the PML-N candidate. Reportedly Malik resisted and stood by principles of
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Throughout his career, Malik has helped governments to improve service delivery using innovative technologies. Result-based achievements earned him various national and international awards. State of
Pakistan conferred highest award in Technology – The ‘Star of Excellence’ (Sitara-e-Imtiaz) 2013 for
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Malik worked on a multi-biometric system resulting in registration of more than 121 million citizens along their associated biometric attributes. CNN called him ‘Man on mission’ when he identified 3.5 million tax evaders in
Pakistan using ‘Data Analytics’ coupled with biometrics. Tariq led similar
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His name was included in the World's 100 Most
Influential People in 'Digital Government' by a European think tank known as "Apolitical". He was also named among the Top 100 Digital Influencers in the 'Digital Community' by One World Identity, a New York-based independent identity research and
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since 22 June 2021 for the second time, until he resigned on 13 June 2023 citing political polarization and instability. Malik served as Chief
Technical Advisor in United Nations Development Program (UNDP), where he advised member states on Digital Governance, and Legal ID though the lens of
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office told The
Express Tribune. Sanaullah asked Tariq Malik for a 'compromise' on the thumb impressions' verification in the constituency by giving the PML-N candidate a clean chit. "Failing (to do so), he would have to face consequences," said the officials.
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strategy think tank focused on cyber security, digital commerce and risk management. Before joining the World Bank, Malik helped governments to optimize use of Big Data and advanced data analytics from the platform of
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Technical Advisor of World Bank, advising countries on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), Digital ID and Identification for Development (ID4D Program). Prior to this, he was serving as the Chairman
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His critics termed his appointment at the IIUI and his son Tariq Malik's as deputy chairman and later chairman NADRA a reward from the PPP government that came into power in 2008.
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projects and development based interventions in USA, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Russia, Malawi and Tanzania.
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