Pakistan
Get your passport at doorstep within 24 hours
'Now get your passport within 24 hours'
Islamabad: The government of Pakistan has launched a new ‘Fast Track Service’ aimed at delivering passports to applicants at their doorstep within 24 hours.
According to the details, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed made an announcement in his twitter post.
The minister revealed in a tweet that “Now get your passport within 24 hours. Avail DGIP Fast Track Service”.
According to DG Immigration and Passports, Dr Naeem Rauf, 1224 applications were received in last two days of the trial period. “In last few days of trial period, we received 1224 applications & have been successful in delivering all passports within 24 hrs.”
Fast track service is an online facility that will enable people to get their passports at home without travelling and waiting in queues at passport offices. The applicants can get their passports within 24 hours.
On December 8, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had announced that Asia’s first ever e-passport service will start in Pakistan in the beginning of next year.
The initiatives included revamping online passport facility, fast track delivery service at zonal offices, up-gradation of website of Director General of Immigration and Passports and inauguration of its official logo.