At his visit to passport and NADRA centers in London, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi gave officials orders to expedite passport issuance for Pakistanis living abroad within a week.
Noticing the hold-up in passport issuance for Pakistanis residing abroad, the Interior Minister took note.
While the urgent passport was ordered to be granted in seven days, Mohsin Naqvi stated that regular passports would be issued to Pakistanis living abroad in thirty days.
The policy, according to the Interior Minister, will be implemented at all Pakistani embassies abroad. He also stated that any delay in passport issuance will not be accepted and that officers who fail to give passports within the allotted time frame will face consequences.
A monitoring cell led by ASP Shahr Bano Naqvi, the Interior Minister’s Principal Staff Officer (PSO), has also been established by the Interior Minister to guarantee that passports are delivered within the allotted time.
