ISLAMABAD: In a move to tackle the fresh passport crisis, the federal government has decided to buy more machines to print passports, here on Thursday.
The Deputy General (DG) Passport and Immigration has prepared a requisition and sent it to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
A total of six desktops, two e-passport machines will be purchased, officials said, adding that the new machines have the capacity to print 1,000 passports in an hour.
It may be mentioned here that the printing of passports across the country has been delayed for the past one year.
The reasons for the delay in passports were paper shortage and inefficient machines.
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