Passport offices to be set up in North Nazimabad, SITE

The Immigration and Passports director general, Mustafa Jamal Qazi, has announced the establishment of passport offices at two mega centres of the National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra).

The new passport offices would be set up at the Nadra mega centres in North Nazimabad and Siemens Chowrangi in SITE to ease congestion at the central passport office.

During his visit to Karachi, Qazi also highlighted the clearance of a nationwide passport backlog. Since July 1, he explained, over 3.37 million passports had been issued, including 776,451 normal, 1.89 million urgent, and 703,656 fast-track passports. Citizens could now collect passports directly from regional offices without waiting for notifications.