{"id":35305,"date":"2024-05-05T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T10:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=35305"},"modified":"2024-05-05T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T11:15:08","slug":"passport-office-to-offer-24-7-services-in-lahore-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/passport-office-to-offer-24-7-services-in-lahore-karachi\/","title":{"rendered":"Passport office to offer 24\/7 services in Lahore, Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: <span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">To give ease to the public, <\/span>Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced the 24\/7 passport office service in the country&#8217;s two largest cities Karachi and Lahore on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Taking on X, the Interior Minister said that <span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">at least one passport office will be open 24\/7 in Lahore and Karachi to facilitate the public at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This <span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">step will make it easier for citizens residing in Lahore and Karachi to access passport services anytime<\/span> outside of regular business hours, accommodating diverse schedules and minimizing any inconvenience caused by time constraints.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/latest-update-on-delivery-time-of-urgent-and-normal-passports-announced\/\">Latest update on delivery time of urgent and normal passports announced<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<div id=\"id__4leeb0jwamk\" class=\"css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;Starting from May 7 two passport offices Regional Passport Office, Garden Town in Lahore and Regional Passport Office, Awami Markaz Shahrah-e-Faisal in Karachi to remain open 24\/7,&#8221; Mohsin Naqvi said in a separate tweet.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To give ease to the public and to facilitate , at least one passport office will be open 24\/7 in both Lahore and Karachi! This will make it easier for everyone to access passport services anytime.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mohsin Naqvi (@MohsinnaqviC42) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MohsinnaqviC42\/status\/1787001308743880925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move is expected to significantly alleviate the burden on existing passport offices and reduce waiting times for applicants. It will cater to the needs of a large number of individuals, including those who may find it difficult to visit during standard working hours due to personal or professional commitments.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reports, over 800,000 passports are currently pending printing, but this backlog is expected to be cleared soon as <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the Finance Ministry has allotted funds to<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> purchase printing, e-passport equipment, and lamination paper<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: To give ease to the public, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced the 24\/7 passport office service in the country&#8217;s two largest cities Karachi and Lahore on Sunday. Taking on X, the Interior Minister said that at least one passport office will be open 24\/7 in Lahore and Karachi to facilitate the public at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":29189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16337,16338,16336],"class_list":["post-35305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-lahore-karachi-passport-office-to-go-24-7","tag-pakistan-passport-delay","tag-passport-office-in-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}