{"id":22349,"date":"2026-06-19T12:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22349"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:26:22","slug":"government-decides-to-fully-digitize-passport-system-home-delivery-service-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22349","title":{"rendered":"Government Decides to Fully Digitize Passport System, Home Delivery Service Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The government has decided to fully digitize Pakistan\u2019s passport system and has also completed preparations for a home delivery service for passports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision was made during a special meeting chaired by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi at the Passport and Immigration Headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Officials agreed in principle to transition passport issuance entirely to e-passports, a move aimed at reducing fraud and forgery risks.<\/p>\n<p>Mohsin Naqvi stated that the use of modern technology will improve transparency, security and public convenience.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also decided that citizens opting for premium passport services will be charged according to the actual cost of processing.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said preliminary arrangements for domestic and international passport home delivery services have been completed, and the facility is expected to be launched soon.<\/p>\n<p>A cashless payment system will also be introduced in passport offices across the country from July 1.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, online passport applications will be shifted to the &#8220;Pak ID&#8221; platform to simplify and streamline the application process.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Minister directed officials to finalize the business passport policy in consultation with the Federal Board of Revenue.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Director General Passports and Immigration Muhammad Ali Randhawa briefed participants on ongoing reforms and future initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has decided to fully digitize Pakistan\u2019s passport system and has also completed preparations for a home delivery service for passports. The decision was made during a special meeting chaired by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi at the Passport and Immigration Headquarters. Officials agreed in principle to transition passport issuance entirely to e-passports, a move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[12485,12484,12329,6137,12478,12479,6188,674,12481,12482,62,63,12480,12483,12486],"class_list":["post-22349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-business-passport","tag-cashless-system","tag-citizen-services","tag-digital-transformation","tag-e-passport","tag-home-delivery","tag-interior-ministry","tag-mohsin-naqvi","tag-online-application","tag-pak-id","tag-pakistan","tag-passport","tag-passport-services","tag-passports-and-immigration","tag-reforms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22350,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349\/revisions\/22350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}