Passport fiasco: Urgent fee applicants to get partial refund
The Interior Ministry was consulted and agreed with the decision.
A large number of reports in the media about citizens facing hardships due to inordinate delays in the issuance of MRPs had surfaced in the recent past. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Wafaqi Mohtasib has directed the Interior Ministry to refund the differential between regular and urgent fees to all applicants who had paid the latter but were not issued their passports within the prescribed period.
The decision was taken in light of recommendations made by a committee constituted to inquire into the causes of delays in issuance of Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) in the country as well as in Pakistani missions abroad, said a press release.
The Interior Ministry was consulted and agreed with the decision.
A large number of reports in the media about citizens facing hardships due to inordinate delays in the issuance of MRPs had surfaced in the recent past.
Reforms in the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports to purge it of corrupt practices and maladministration over the entire process have been urged.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 15th, 2013.
The Wafaqi Mohtasib has directed the Interior Ministry to refund the differential between regular and urgent fees to all applicants who had paid the latter but were not issued their passports within the prescribed period.
The decision was taken in light of recommendations made by a committee constituted to inquire into the causes of delays in issuance of Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) in the country as well as in Pakistani missions abroad, said a press release.
The Interior Ministry was consulted and agreed with the decision.
A large number of reports in the media about citizens facing hardships due to inordinate delays in the issuance of MRPs had surfaced in the recent past.
Reforms in the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports to purge it of corrupt practices and maladministration over the entire process have been urged.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 15th, 2013.