- DG Immigration conducts meeting with officials from Nadra, DHL.
- Huddle discusses measures to speed up passport delivery services.
- The meeting decides to ensure maximum convenience for diaspora.
In an effort to facilitate diaspora, the federal government is considering further streamlining passport home delivery services for overseas Pakistanis.
In line with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s directives, DG Immigration and Passports Muhammad Ali Randhawa chaired a meeting with representatives of Nadra and DHL to improve passport home delivery services for overseas Pakistanis.
The meeting discussed measures to make passport home delivery service for overseas Pakistanis faster, easier and more reliable. The conversation agreed to end the procedure for the home delivery of passports.
The meeting decided to strengthen ties between institutions to provide maximum convenience to Pakistani diaspora.
The decision came days after the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports launched a doorstep passport delivery service that allows applicants to receive their documents without visiting collection centres.
The initiative was introduced on the instructions of the Home Secretary as part of efforts to improve public convenience and streamline passport issuance.
According to an official statement, the new service will enable applicants to receive their passports at their registered addresses instead of collecting them at passport offices.
Earlier, Naqvi had announced that cashless transactions will become operational at all passport offices in Pakistan.
Taking to his X-handle, the Home Secretary had said: “Applicants no longer have to stand in long queues or wait for hours to make payments.”
He had maintained that this reform was initiated on the directions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, adding that his team had successfully delivered it.
“This is another step towards making public services faster, more transparent and more convenient for our citizens. Many more milestones lie ahead and, InshaAllah, we will continue to achieve them,” he had added.
