Authority Letter (Ikhtiyar Nama) Format in Urdu

When is an authority letter needed?

An authority letter lets someone else do a small, single errand for you: collect a degree or certificate, pick up a parcel or cheque, submit a form, receive a document from an office. It is used when you cannot go yourself.

Where it goes

The person you authorise hands it over at the counter with a copy of your CNIC and shows their own CNIC. For most errands plain paper is enough and no stamp paper is needed. Banks, boards and passport offices often have their own form or rules, so check first.

Points to get right

• Name the exact item to be collected or the exact thing to be done.
• Give the authorised person’s name and CNIC number as they appear on the card.
• Sign as you sign on your CNIC and in the office’s record. The counter compares signatures.
• Date it and limit it to that errand. Offices refuse old or open-ended letters.
• For anything involving property or large sums, a power of attorney is needed, not an authority letter.

How to use this sample

1. Press Open in editor. The sample opens as a new document that you can change freely.
2. Replace each blank with your own details.
3. To print on an e-stamp paper, open the File tab, press Write on PDF / picture and choose the PDF or scan of your stamp paper. Move the starting line until the text begins below the printed part.
4. Press Print / PDF. To print the blank format as it is, use Print this sample above.

What to fill in

• The name, father’s name, CNIC number and address of the person signing
• The same details of the person named in the paper
• Exactly what is allowed, promised or received, and until when
• The date, the signature and two witnesses

Before you sign

These are general formats to save typing. Requirements differ between offices, courts and provinces, and a paper about property or money has legal effect. Have the final wording checked by a deed writer or lawyer, use stamp paper of the correct value, and get the paper attested or registered where that is required.