What Every Digit of Your CNIC Number Means
Thirteen digits, three parts. The first five say where you were registered, the middle seven are your family, and the last one is your gender.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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Thirteen digits, three parts. The first five say where you were registered, the middle seven are your family, and the last one is your gender.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
Most guides give one router address and it fails for half of PTCL customers. Find the address your own router is using, then change the password.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
We went looking for one number, the fee to correct a name on a CNIC. We found Rs 400, Rs 750 and no figure at all, on pages that look official.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
Malakand and Kohat have issued notifications. Same exam date, same normal-fee deadline, but the late-fee ladders are different by board.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
Punjab runs licence services through DLIMS and Dastak. Sindh has its own verification at DLS. Both let you check a licence is genuine.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
FBR names e.fbr.gov.pk and the Tax Asaan app as the only legal verification routes. How to check an NTN or ATL status by CNIC.
Shahid Anwar · · 4 min read
A duplicate electricity or gas bill is just the online bill, printed. Where to find your reference number, and what to do when the site fails.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
Send your tracking ID to 8400 with no spaces or dashes. What each status means, and why sites disagree about how long the ID is.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
FPA, QTA, TR and FC surcharge, NJ surcharge, PTV fee. What each line actually is, who levies it, and which one is not really a tax at all.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
The JDS grant covers 16 Masters and one PhD, restricted to federal civil service officers. Aggregators are selling it as a student scheme.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
NADRA and FBR both shipped updates yesterday. The Ehsaas and Sehat Card apps have not been touched since 2022. We checked the store.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
All nine Punjab boards have approved digital result cards. They carry QR codes, need no attestation, and download right after results.
Shahid Anwar · · 4 min read
Results season brings runaways and worse every year in Pakistan. What to say, what not to say, and two helplines we checked ourselves.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
Ages 15 to 29, Sindh domicile, scholarships and interest-free loans. Launch is due late August. Any site taking your details now is not official.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
HEC has opened the fully funded DAAD PhD programmes for 2026. A full doctorate in Germany, or a short research stay. Deadline 31 August.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
The Aghosh programme pays support tied to mother and child medical check-ups through JazzCash. The authority says no fee, no deduction.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
Punjab's Dastak brings government services to your door. KP's Dastak is for arms licences. Same name, different provinces, no connection.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
Kisan Card, green tractors, machinery finance, agriculture malls and a graduate internship, listed on the department's own site. What each does.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
Shelter homes, women protection centres, old age homes and rehab centres, counted on the government's own portal. Most people never hear of them.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
Dialysis, transplants, children's heart surgery and cancer care, all free and separate from the Sehat Card. The numbers, read at source.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
Punjab's own health company says the card was never cancelled, only pulled from government hospitals. We read its FAQ. Here is what it covers.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
Payments open on 17 August and run through the app. Searching either store returns two government apps with the same name. Which is which.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
The June 2026 series released at 10am Pakistan time on 11 August. Your school issues them, and there is a route if it has not yet.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
We opened every provincial vehicle portal. Five work, several widely shared addresses are dead, and one province has none we could find.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read