- DG Immigration chairs a meeting with officials from Nadra and DHL.
- Huddle discusses measures to speed up passport issuance services.
- The meeting decides to ensure maximum convenience for the diaspora.
In a bid to facilitate diaspora, the federal government is planning to further streamline door-to-door passport issuance services to overseas Pakistanis.
As per the directives of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, DG Immigration and Passports Muhammad Ali Randhawa chaired a meeting with representatives of Nadra and DHL to improve passport doorstep delivery services for overseas Pakistanis.
The meeting discussed measures to make passport doorstep delivery service for overseas Pakistanis faster, easier and more reliable. The group agreed to finalize the procedure for home delivery of passports.
The meeting decided to strengthen ties between institutions to provide maximum convenience to the Pakistani diaspora.
The move came days after the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports launched a passport home delivery service, allowing applicants to receive their documents without visiting collection centers.
The initiative was introduced on the instructions of the Minister of Interior as part of efforts to improve public convenience and streamline the issuance of passports.
According to an official statement, the new service would allow applicants to receive their passport at their registered address instead of collecting it from passport offices.
Earlier, Naqvi had announced that cashless transactions would be operational at all passport offices across Pakistan.
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He had maintained that this reform was initiated on the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, adding that his team had carried it out successfully.
“This is a new step towards faster, more transparent and more convenient public services for our citizens. Many other steps await us and, InshaAllah, we will continue to achieve them,” he added.
