Government plans to procure more machines for fast passports printing.
The federal government has decided to acquire more machines for fast passports printing amid new passport crisis, The Asian Mirror reported on Thursday.
The Deputy General (DG) Passports and Immigration has made a requisition and sent it to the Ministry of Interior.
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The authorities maintained that a total of six desktops, two e-passport machines will be obtained, asserting that the new machines have the capacity to print 1000 passports in 1 hour.
It is important to mention here that the printing of passports has been delayed for the past one year across the country.
Pakistani citizens are not getting passports amid “lamination paper” shortage.
Pakistan imports ‘lamination paper’ from France and has been reportedly told to settle earlier dues pic.twitter.com/ZdbPhKVlWw
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The major reasons for the delay in passports were shortage of paper and low efficiency machines.
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