Tariq Malik

Shortly after, Tariq faced an unjust dismissal by Nawaz Sharifs government for his actions but was immediately reinstated by the Islamabad High Court within a few hours.

[4][5] His father is a famous writer, and author of 24+ books on literature, and South Asian Studies, Professor Fateh Mohammad Malik.

During Ed McNamar and then Robert Ficano administration, he served as Deputy Chief Information Officer in Wayne County, Michigan, for over 10 years (1998-2008).

In his first term serving as Chairperson of NADRA, he confirmed that the opposition's demand to verify if the 2013 Pakistani general elections were free and fair, is possible through thumb impression verification using the Biometric System.

[13] In its judgement, the Superior court of Pakistan instead issued a charge sheet against the government for intimidating, victimizing harassing and frightening him of consequences.

Tariq led similar projects and development-based interventions in the USA, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Russia, Malawi and Tanzania.

He helped various institutions of United Nations (UNHCR, ICAO, UNDP) and World Bank (Poverty Score Card, BISP, Disaster Management and ID Ecosystem), to accomplish development goals with transparency.

Prior to that, he served as Deputy CIO in Wayne County, State of Michigan, where he led the design, development and implementation of an online Property Tax System.