No ink at Passport and Immigration Office

ISLAMABAD: Sources are reporting that the Passport and Immigration Office is facing a shortage of lamination paper and ink.

According to details, the Directorate of Passport Office has utilized Rs60 million on renovation expenses instead of making necessary arrangements for printing of passports such as procuring ink and lamination paper.

The shortage of ink and lamination paper is causing delays in the printing of both normal and urgent passports leading to problems for the passport applicants.

“The situation in the passport and immigration office is deteriorating due to incompetence and mismanagement by the high-ups. Sources added that these issues are arising because the high-ups plan to change the status of the Directorate of Passport and Immigration into an authority,” a media report stated.

“The incumbent director general is working to transform the passport office into an authority, which would grant him full control, including the budget as well. This change would allow him to make decisions independently, similar to the Principal Accounting Officer in each ministry or division.”