The backlog of Pakistani Machine Readable Passports applied for in the UAE has been cleared.
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The clearance was made possible after 5,000 pending passports from Dubai and 3,500 passports from Abu Dhabi were processed in Pakistan and received in the UAE, Jamil Ahmed Khan, Pakistan Ambassador to the UAE, said on Thursday.
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He said that a community delegation headed by Haji Daraz Khan had informed him about the precarious situation of the community in obtaining Machine Readable Passports.
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Taking a serious note, the ambassador approached the Prime Minister of Pakistan and wrote to the Ministry of Interior and Director General (Passports) to address the grave situation faced by the Pakistani community in the UAE.
The ambassador told the delegation that it was very painful to see the community wasting its time to collect the passports on time. He also noted that if the passports were not issued on time, some of the community members would lose their jobs due to non-renewal of their visas by the UAE authorities as per its policy. |