Taking serious notice of the delay in issuance of passports, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Wednesday called for immediate measures to ensure quick delivery of passports to applicants.
Despite paying a hefty fee of Rs 5,000 for urgent passport delivery, people are unable to get their passports in time, while those who pay the ordinary fee of Rs 3,000 have to wait for months, said chairman of the committee Talha Mahmood while chairing a meeting.
The meeting was attended by Senators Mukhtar Ahmed Dhamrah, Sardar Ali Khan and Fateh Muhammad Hassani, and senior officials of the Interior Ministry, Directorate General of Immigration and Passports, and the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA).
He described the affairs at the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports (DGIP) as “chaotic”, causing suffering to the people.
While giving a briefing, Passports and Immigration Director General (DG) Wajid Ali Bukhari said the authority had delayed issuing passports because the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (PSPC) in Karachi had reduced the daily supply of passport booklets from 15,000 to 5,000 in September 2012 due to non-payment of outstanding dues.
He said that after detailed deliberations, the PSPC had agreed to provide 15,000 passport booklets per day from October 1 to 13, 2012, and 10,000 booklets per day during the month of November, subject to clearance of dues.
He further said that efforts were being made to clear all outstanding dues of the PSPC, while the matter had been taken up with the finance division.
He further informed that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had also directed the finance division to pay off outstanding liabilities of the PSPC on an urgent basis.
He said the matter was under active consideration and upon receiving approval from the finance division, the outstanding liability of the PSPC would be cleared, and normal supply of passport booklets would be restored.
The DG said that in order to curb corruption, the provincial authorities had been asked to remove the touts or private agents sitting outside the premises of regional passport offices.
The zonal heads had also been directed to effectively monitor the working of regional offices falling under their jurisdiction and conduct surprise checks regularly to improve functioning of offices, he stated.
The committee was also informed that the passport office had been contributing Rs 14 billion annually to the national exchequer, but the government was not releasing Rs 597 million to clear outstanding dues for printing of passports.
The committee was also informed about a backlog of 0.2 million passports and the reason behind the mess was the same shortage of booklets and delay in release of funds.
“It is astonishing that a department earning Rs 14 billion was facing delay in release of funds,” Senator Mahmood and other members of the committee remarked. The DG told the meeting that currently 72 passport offices were functioning in the country while ten more offices would be inaugurated soon to facilitate the local population.
The committee expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of NACTA and sought a detailed report within a week about staff and funds utilisation during the past four years.
they are delaying very much. Actually this is not there problem. They dont know how the people are suffring.
I & my mother also apply for the Ordinary Passport from last three moths in September but still we did not received our passport. we are going to Umrha Inshallah but only waiting for passport.
i was submitted my passport for renew on dated 10-10-2012 and i m still waiting to get what a orginization they are running heads of to you
i also submitted my fee for urgent passport and the time was 12 days but now the 1 nd half month passed i am still waiting 4 my passport what can i do to u irresponsible guyz
same here with me…..They charge money for URGENT and deliver it even after a NORMAL delivery date…. I don't know why they can't fix this problem. it's pathetic…
Passport & NIC offices in mess. Long queues, corruption They shud have service counter like KESC $ SSGC? CJ's suo moto reqd.
I have submitted my passport on 26 December 2012 and still waiting for my passport what should i do i really have to go abroad for my job
i submitted my urgent passport on 12th feb 2013 but still waiting for passport…
I have also applied for the renewal of my passport since 11 of FEB and still waiting,
they said passport will be deliver after 45 days …. AMAZING **** @#$%*
what should i say.. CORRUPTION on its peak
My passport is urgent submitted on 20 FEB but there is no any hope light to get my passport CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION
words finished but CORRUPTION is still going on……
I applied on the same date man!!!..Ahh Im frustrated!!! Did you apply in Toronto?
i submitted my urgent passport on 7 feb2013 but stillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll waiting.ye mere pakistan ki pehchan hai .yahan kuch bhi asani se nahi milta.
please for god,issue the applied passports as soon as possible
Very frustrated situation Mr. Rehman Malik i don’t know wht is your role in governemnt because i am not interested in it. I just came to know from media that you are something to control passport process. Mr. Reham Malik what is your role ? can’t you facilitate the passport applicants ? Why this is big challenge for you ? Stop giving statements to get renewal by modifying printed date to hand written. Shamefull statement really people in abraod is laughing on us on our country. If you can’t solve keep quite, As i am stuck in passport renewal and my frustration is nothing because there are lot of people who are on risk to attend university abroad, risk on to join company abroad. “IMPROVE PROCESS, IMPROVE PAKISTAN”
I also applied my passport in december but still did’nt got it 🙁
i have to go for my higher education abroad n foreign embassy is demanding for passport since 1m0nth.
Shame on you Rehman Malik, you are such a corrupt personality of pakistan. Allah is having only Hell for you people.
PPP please get lost.
Really a pathetic system.. I had to apply for visa in Al Ain but could not do so because of this delayed passport issue… I am frustrated a lot I have to fly to kazakhastan in April but havent got my passport yet… wat a country is this ,…. Passport is the basic right of every person .. The responsible persons should be shameful and must not forget that they have to give answers to Allah SWT … PLEASE PLEASE if any authority reads this PLEASE take some action and clear our passports within this week
As my UAE visa expired in march 13 i applied for passport renewal and suppose to get on 28th of feb-13, on checking PK consulate ppl saying will take time not giving any date, after a month,( grace period) they will impose fine on me of AED 20/day. Request you all to pray for me and all who is suffering from delayed.
hukmaranooo kuch to hamein asaani se koi kaam krlene doo .. .. i think doston new hakumat aane se shayd masla solve ho jaye .. passport kaa.. carruption . carruption carruption
I applied for ordinary passport at 27 Dec 2012 at HYDERABAD PAKISTAN office and still havent got … 🙁 Just one thing i hear when ever i go to ask about my passport . Wait 15 days more 🙁 When will i get ???
Go to hell Rahman Malik !!!!!
this is really shameful I have a travel plan on July but how I do I make plan, I applied for passport renewal on Mar 2013.
Where is Media? why people are not raising their voice on Social Media we suffer a lot
does any one know how to get it, as I applied for an urgent passport renewal and i had to apply for visa befor 15th april,,, so is there anyone who can help,,,,even i am ready to pay more,,,
Wajid hussain
Do something before its too late people are suffering of listening all this.
khuda da wasta a zardari sahb and Malik SB mera purana e passport dy do ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
if you guys pay bripes u will have your passport within 10 days this is what i did as i had to go for a business meeting this is now a days system in pakistan pay 5000 urgent fee plus another 6000 bripe to get pasport
yar ya kidar sa lia tm na?,ujhya us banday ka number day do
Do something people are suffering regarding passport delay its too much people are really suffered i also a part on that where is government where is concerned authority. kindly make the easiest procedure to get the passport and passport authority take the serious action and attention to resolve this problem if you dont do that the day are not far when people come on road and protest on that kindly do something i know well are all the concerned people are currept also the government are currupt too interior ministry get annual billion on money through passport fees and they said we dont dont sufficent money or fund to purchase machinery or stuff for to print the passport how is shamfull statement.
waqas khan, who will be responsible of my future, if i lose my first job
i wiat my passport in three monty piz takes some acksion
i am waiting for my passport for last 2 months.plz do something
i had also apply urgent passport
i am waiting for my passport still i had applied in 13 march can you tell me when i can get i have to go Switzerland but i am force to be what i should do help me please God bless you….
plz give me my pesport
ma ne dacembr 2012 ko pasport banany k liay dia jo k abi tk nai mila plz mujy pasport issu kr dain Thank you
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