Monitoring Desk: Project Imran is so deeply rooted that almost none of the departments in Pakistan is free from the grip of engineers of the project although many of them have gone to retirement.
The intensity and level of their confidence can be judged by the fact that in November 2022, the private data of the family of the then Lt Gen Asim Munir was stolen and leaked from the database of the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA). Not only this, then the data was used to track down the travel history of the whole family.
According to an investigative story by senior investigative journalist Azaz Syed published in daily The News on Sunday, an inquiry identifying those behind a data leak involving the incumbent Army Chief Gen Asim Munir’s family is under process in NADRA. The story also indicates that not only was the data stolen but was also used through another system that is available only with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) or might be with intelligence agencies of the country. This system is called the Integrated Border Management System (IBMS) which tracks the international travel destinations of anybody who travels in and out of Pakistan.
The inquiry was assigned to a NADRA official. Still, it came to the surface that the official who was conducting the inquiry had deep relations with one of the former military officers who is allegedly part of Project Imran. Thereafter, the inquiry officer was changed and now the inquiry is closing to its findings.
The report claims that a junior data entry operator allegedly accessed the data of a female family member of Gen Asim Munir Shah and collected the family’s details and identity card numbers.
The investigation revealed that a Junior Executive, Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Deputy Assistant Director, Assistant Superintendent, and another Deputy Assistant Director were allegedly involved in data access.
The story also claims that one retired Brigadier who was working in NADRA and three other military personnel who were linked with this data theft were allowed to resign from their positions.
