Sindh CM launches mobile app for birth, death, marriage registration

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday launched the Civil Registration Management System (CRMS) mobile application, making registration services of birth, death, marriage, and divorce handy through a paperless and technology-driven platform, the Sindh CM House said.

The broader Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (E-CRVS) system has been approved with a budget of Rs471.254 million. It would cover 30 districts and 769 health facilities to ensure digital registration of 85 percent of births at public and private hospitals, the CM said.

He added the immunisation, disease surveillance, and patient identity management would also be connected with the CRMS. “This is a major milestone in the provincial government’s ongoing transition towards Digital Sindh,” he added.

Sindh set to make birth registration mandatory

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the chief minister said the Sindh government was fully committed to digitalising governance processes to enhance transparency, efficiency, and public convenience. “This launch is a significant step in our shift from paper-based to technology-driven governance. The CRMS mobile app promotes transparency, efficiency, accessibility, and public trust, highlighting Sindh’s leadership in digital governance for the benefit of all citizens,” he said.

CM Murad noted that all proceedings of the Sindh cabinet had already been fully digitalised. Birth and death registration coverage, however, had remained low for years, largely because many low-income families could not afford NADRA’s registration fees, he maintained.

“To remove this barrier, the Sindh cabinet decided that the provincial government will bear all NADRA fees for birth and death registrations,” he said, adding that NADRA had cooperated extensively with the province on this reform.

The CRMS mobile app, developed in collaboration with NADRA, is designed to eliminate long queues, paperwork, and delays. It allows citizens — especially those in remote or marginalised communities — to register vital events without visiting government offices. The system provides accurate, single-source digital records integrated with provincial databases.

The chief minister said that accurate and timely civil registration would now enable real-time census data, improving the government’s capacity for evidence-based planning. “Initiatives such as online address change are now a critical need of the time,” he remarked.

Murad announced that birth registration immediately after childbirth would soon become mandatory across Sindh. “Five years from now, school planning for every child will be based on this data,” he said, directing that hospitals register each newborn immediately at birth.

Sindh govt makes birth registration free of cost

He added that implementation at the union council level was the most crucial stage of the reform and instructed that UC representatives’ performance be evaluated based on registration rates.

The chief minister highlighted the importance of the new system for the health sector, particularly in immunisation, disease surveillance, and patient identity management. The integrated data would support programmes such as the Electronic Immunisation Registry and enable targeted interventions for diseases such as thalassemia.

Minister of Health Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho informed the chief minister about the 769 health facilities where digital registration of 85 per cent of births at public and private hospitals will be carried out through the app.