Special arrangement are being made to provide security cleared lamination paper for at least 0.3 million passports to ease up the pressure of backlog, Immigration and Passport Director General Zulfikar Cheema said on Thursday.
While giving a detailed briefing to Wafaqi Mohtasib’s probe committee on passport imbroglio, Cheema said this would help us issue up to 10,000 passports every day.
“The directorate has also prioritised issuance of passports, keeping in view the urgency to travel for medical treatment, studies and jobs,” he added.
The DG said various initiatives had been taken to improve the situation so that the suffering of people could be mitigated.