ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali on Thursday announced the launch of e-passport system for overseas Pakistanis.
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Thursday, the minister said that the overseas Pakistanis would now be able to get their passports renewed at their residences abroad.
He said that e-service would be introduced in Pakistan within six months, and it would be ensured across the country in the next two years. The e-service would help check frauds in issuance of passports besides easy renewal of passports, he said.
Nisar said that the government was making efforts to provide people the best services to acquire national identity card and passport in an easy way. He said that passport offices would be established in every district of the country.
He said that the representatives of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors and All Pakistan Newspapers Society have been called for a meeting tomorrow to discuss the matter. He said that the reporter’s name was put on the Exit Control List because he was scheduled to leave the country the very next morning, and his presence in the country was necessary for investigation.
He said that the incorrect news provided an opportunity to enemies of Pakistan to level allegations against the country. To another question, he said that Pakistan would pursue the cases against Altaf Hussain in Britain. However, he said, the relations between Pakistan and Britain would not be affected by the matter.
