Pakistan unable to print passports due to shortage of lamination paper - Report
According to The Express Tribune, Pakistani nationals are having trouble obtaining new passports because there is a lack of lamination paper. As per the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGI&P) of Pakistan, the passports' lamination paper is imported from France. The publication was informed by Qadir Yar Tiwana, the director General for media of the Ministry of Interior, which is the parent ministry of DGI&P, that the government was making every effort to resolve the problem.
According to The Express Tribune, Tiwana stated, "The situation will soon be under control, and passport issuance will continue as normal." He continued by saying that the backlog has already started to steadily decrease for the department. Thousands of Pakistanis who were planning international trips have been impacted by the scarcity. Numerous students have attributed the situation to the incompetence of the Pakistani government, citing impending admissions deadlines at colleges throughout the globe.
According to The Express Tribune, Tiwana stated, "The situation will soon be under control, and passport issuance will continue as normal." He continued by saying that the backlog has already started to steadily decrease for the department. Thousands of Pakistanis who were planning international trips have been impacted by the scarcity. Numerous students have attributed the situation to the incompetence of the Pakistani government, citing impending admissions deadlines at colleges throughout the globe.
"I had planned to go to dubai for a job shortly. The punjabi resident Gul told the newspaper, "My family and I were overjoyed that our fortunes would finally change, but the mismanagement of DGI&P seems to have cost me my golden ticket out of poverty and this country."
Peshawar student Hira claimed she was scheduled to be in italy in october after her student visa was issued.
She remarked, "But the lack of a passport robbed me of the chance to leave," and that it was unjust that she had to bear the brunt of an incompetent government agency.
Peshawar resident Muhammad Imran claimed that the passport department was misleading applicants rather than providing them with accurate information, and he was fed up with their constant delays.
"The passport office has been saying your passport will arrive next week since September, but several weeks have gone and they keep saying the same thing," Imran told The Express Tribune.
Under the condition of anonymity, a senior passport office official in Peshawar informed The Express Tribune that they could only process 12 to 13 passports every day, as opposed to 3,000 to 4,000 passports previously.
Interestingly, there have been previous impending crises in Pakistan. The DGI&P's debt to printers and a scarcity of lamination sheets caused the printing of Pakistani passports to stop in 2013.
Peshawar student Hira claimed she was scheduled to be in italy in october after her student visa was issued.
She remarked, "But the lack of a passport robbed me of the chance to leave," and that it was unjust that she had to bear the brunt of an incompetent government agency.
Peshawar resident Muhammad Imran claimed that the passport department was misleading applicants rather than providing them with accurate information, and he was fed up with their constant delays.
"The passport office has been saying your passport will arrive next week since September, but several weeks have gone and they keep saying the same thing," Imran told The Express Tribune.
Under the condition of anonymity, a senior passport office official in Peshawar informed The Express Tribune that they could only process 12 to 13 passports every day, as opposed to 3,000 to 4,000 passports previously.
Interestingly, there have been previous impending crises in Pakistan. The DGI&P's debt to printers and a scarcity of lamination sheets caused the printing of Pakistani passports to stop in 2013.