Tag: Passport
Passport Office’s contractual employees appeal for regularisation
The Government of Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat’s Establishment Division has directed the Interior Ministry to obtain an NOC from the division before making any new...
Court moved for Ayyan Ali’s passport confiscation
A plea seeking confiscation of supermodel Ayyan Ali’s passport in the currency smuggling case has been lodged with the Supreme Court (SC). The plea...
London police return Altaf Hussain’s passport, claims MQM
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain retrieved his passport on Tuesday following cancellation of bail in a money laundering case earlier this month.
On...
Model Ayyan Ali gets her passport back
The customs court on Tuesday returned the passport of supermodel Ayyan Ali after she submitted bail papers and surety bonds of Rs 2 million.
The...
Agent mafia rules the roost at Lahore’s passport offices
Agent mafia and application writers with the connivance of passport office staff are minting money from applicants.
A junior staff member of the Abbot Road...
Pakistani passport remains among worst to travel with: report
Pakistani passport is one of the worst to travel with, a new report by the Visa Restriction Index has revealed. The report, prepared by...
For passport, Altaf should first get a NICOP card
The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain must first get a National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis...
Where is my passport?
Hundreds of citizens complain delay of four to five months in passport delivery
Agents take Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000 for an illegal but early...
Depardieu gets Russian passport, meets Putin: Kremlin
French actor Gerard Depardieu has received a Russian passport and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Putin’s spokesman said on Sunday. Putin earlier granted...
Tauqeer Sadiq’s passports cancelled, SC told
An official of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had gotten two passports...
FIA decrees assistant director innocent of forging passports
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday cleared Garden Town Passport Office Assistant Director, Iqbal Shahid from criminal prosecution after an investigation pronounced him innocent...
Pak lodges strong protest with Afghan govt on torture of Pakistanis
Pakistan has taken a serious note of the incident involving 29 Pakistanis who were returning from Afghanistan and were badly beaten en-route reportedly by...
Work on passport offices abroad can speed up
Immigration and Passports Department plans to establish 23 passport offices in various countries to facilitate overseas Pakistanis.
In this regard, the department concerned had expedited...
Funds released to clear passport backlog
The Passport and Immigration Office (PIO) is clearing backlog of 0.2 million passports now that funds required for printing of booklets have been released....
Senate body takes notice of delayed passport delivery
Taking serious notice of the delay in issuance of passports, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Wednesday called for immediate measures to ensure...
Passport & Immigration Dept facing financial crisis: DG
Director General Passport and Immigration Department of Pakistan, Wajid Bukhari has said that they are facing severe financial crisis and have a backlog of...
Passport validity to be raised to 10 years: Malik
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that the validity of passports would be increased from five to ten years from September 15, adding...
