Tag: Passport

FIA apprehends four on data theft related charges

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cybercrime Wing apprehended four suspects from Lahore, Gujranwala, and Faisalabad who were allegedly involved in phishing and providing...

Thousands suffer owing to delay in passport issuance

--Shortage of lamination papers, out of order printing machines impede process --Students, business professionals complain of disruption in their schedules   LAHORE: Like the delay of issuance of...

‘West Indies immigration officer looks at my passport, says I like...

Pakistani cricket journalist and statistician Mazher Arshad shared his recent experience on Twitter stating that after looking at his passport, the immigration officer in...

Embassy ‘reluctant’ to return Pakistani citizen’s passport

--Ammad Siddiqui submitted his passport with Portuguese Embassy in October 2017, which they have withheld since   ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani citizen and grandson of film star Mohammad...

NADRA blocks Musharraf’s CNIC, passport on court orders

--Musharraf can conditionally file nomination papers, SC rules --Top court summons former dictator on 13th, assures he will not be arrested   ISLAMABAD: Soon after the Supreme Court...

Special court orders suspension of Musharraf’s passport, identity card

--APML president says Musharraf has decided to return to Pakistan   ISLAMABAD: The special court hearing high treason case against former military dictator, General (r) Pervez Musharraf...

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2017 approved in Senate

ISLAMABAD: The Senate in a unanimous decision on Wednesday, approved a bill for the protection of transgender person rights, empowering them to determine their own...

Pakistani passport fourth worst for international travel: report

    The Pakistani passport has been ranked among the five worst passports for international travel, according to a new report. The Henley Passport Index published in February 2018...

107,000 Saudi women apply for 140 passport office jobs

RIYADH: The General Directorate of Passports had announced two weeks earlier it was looking for female applicants for roles at airports and the country's...

Brazil court accepts seizure of ex-president Lula’s passport: sources

BRASILIA: A Brazilian court on Thursday approved the seizure of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s passport, the Justice Ministry said, after an...

FIA raids passport office in Mirpurkhas, nabs two accused

KARACHI: Following a citizen’s complaint of alleged gratification, a team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Hyderabad led by Inspector Muneer Sheikh raided the...

Blue British passport to return after Brexit

LONDON: Britain will return to a blue and gold passport design after the country leaves the European Union in 2019 "to restore our national...

Passport office delays salaries of most employees

ISLAMABAD: Most contractual employees of the passport office hired for the machine-readable passport (MRP) project phase II, have not been paid salaries of around six months,...

Govt in a dilemma over Musharraf’s diplomatic passport request: report

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is in a dilemma over whether a diplomatic passport can be issued to a court absconder after receiving a request...

Tiny Singapore’s passport rated most powerful in world

SINGAPORE: Tiny Singapore now has the world's most powerful passport, according to a new ranking, with its citizens able to travel to the greatest...

Officials posted abroad await granting of diplomatic status

  The long-standing issue of granting diplomatic status to grade 17 officials of Passport and Immigration Directorate posted abroad in passport cells of Pakistani missions...

Qandeel murder case: passport, mobile phone recovered from cousin

Mobile phone and passport of the slain internet sensation Qandeel Baloch have been recovered from the possession of her cousin, accused in her murder...