LAHORE, July 24 (TNS): Authorities have kicked off investigations after recovery of bulk of National Identity Cards from a garbage dump in Shafiqabad area of Lahore.
According to police, three bags full of CNICs were recovered by trash pickers on Tuesday.
After initial inquiry it was revealed that cards belonged to the residents of the area.
The area falls under the NA-125 constituency of Lahore from where Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Yasmin Rashid is contesting the election against Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz’s Waheed Alam.
Later in the day, a two-member NADRA team reached the Shafiqabad police station and launched an inquiry into the incident.
Speaking to the media, SHO Mudassir Rafiq Butt said there were 1,000 cards in the three bags with the majority of them bearing addresses of various areas in Punjab.
