The Ministry of Law and Justice and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, with funding from UK International Development, convened a two-day technical workshop in Islamabad to develop secure NSOR APIs for real-time data exchange for the National Sex Offenders Register.
Technical and operational representatives from police, prosecution services, prisons, the National Police Bureau (NPB), NADRA, PITB, KPITB and other justice-sector institutions took part, contributing practical perspectives on how agencies access and share NSOR information across institutional pathways.
Discussions examined NSOR system architecture and data flows, identified gaps in connectivity and performance, and assessed data protection safeguards. Emphasis was placed on secure API-based integration to ensure timely, reliable information exchange alongside robust audit trails, logging and governance measures for responsible and survivor-sensitive data handling.
Participants provided structured technical and governance inputs to feed directly into the Phase I national NSOR gap analysis and worked on a preliminary roadmap and API framework priorities to guide future system integration across the country.
Strengthening real-time data exchange through secure NSOR APIs is critical for improving institutional coordination, enhancing risk management and supporting Pakistan’s efforts to prevent sexual reoffending, particularly in cases of child sexual exploitation and abuse, while laying the technical and governance foundations for Phase II NSOR integration.
