National Alien Registration Authority

{{Short description|Defunct agency of the Government of Pakistan}}

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The National Alien Registration Authority (NARA) was a former institution of the Government of Pakistan, under the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control, for the main purpose of legally registering and documenting immigrants and other foreign residents in the country.{{cite web|last=Staff |title=NADRA does not register foreigners : Spokesman |url=http://nadra.info/nadra-does-not-register-foreigners-spokesman/ |publisher=NARA via NADRA |accessdate=16 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725072503/http://nadra.info/nadra-does-not-register-foreigners-spokesman/ |archivedate=25 July 2014 }}

NARA was established in 2000, and was headquartered in the City of Karachi.{{cite news|last=Const. of Pakistan|title=Foreigner (amendment) Ordnance 2000|url=http://legaladvicepk.com/foreigners-amendment-ordinance-2000-3572.html|accessdate=16 June 2013|newspaper=Const. of Pakistan|date=1 July 2000}}{{cite web|last=Govt of Pakistan|title=National Alien Registration Authority|url=http://www.pakistanlaw.net/pakistan-law/the-foreigners-act-1946-of-Pakistan.pdf|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130619215744/http://www.pakistanlaw.net/pakistan-law/the-foreigners-act-1946-of-Pakistan.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 19, 2013|work=Constitution of Pakistan|publisher=Government of Pakistan|access-date=16 June 2013}}{{cite news|last=Khattak|first=Shaoib|title=A Land Of Promise: As illegal migrants pour into Karachi, who keeps count?|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/457098/a-land-of-promise-as-illegal-migrants-pour-into-karachi-who-keeps-count/|accessdate=16 June 2013|newspaper=Express Tribune|date=October 26, 2012}}

NARA was formally merged into the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in 2015.{{cite web|title=NARA merged into NADRA - Dawn.com|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1207993|accessdate=19 September 2015}}