Facilitating citizens: Passport offices to be ready in a month

ISLAMABAD: Four new passport and immigration offices at Mirpur, Abbottabad, Rawalpindi and Bannu will be ready within a month with the assistance of the housing and works ministry. At present, there are 15 customised passport offices in different cities; while eight are under construction, which after completion will provide state-of-the-art services to the public. According to Director General Immigration and Passports Sikandar Sultan Raja, the directorate has taken steps to provide corruption-free environment and improve management.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 18^th, 2013.