A Rehman Malik, Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior, has directed the Director General of Immigration and Passports to make sure the quick issuance of Machine Readable Passports (MRPs). He was talking to officials of the Directorate of Immigration and Passports during his surprise visit to the headquarters on Saturday.
He was given detailed briefing about the on-going passports project. Rehman Malik has asked the Immigration and Passport Department to make sure the replacement of manual passport with machine readable passport to remove various hitches in immigration.
He further directed the authorities to start issuing Machine Readable Passports to the people of Federally Administered Areas (Fata) immediately. Malik said that people are suffering due to difficult process in obtaining of passport. This process should be made easier to help people to get passport quickly. He also directed Director General, Immigration and Passports to resolve the problems and difficulties of the people intending to obtain passports.