Indian national with fake Pakistani passport arrested
KARACHI (Staff Report) – The law enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested an Indian citizen carrying fake Pakistani passport and CNIC from City Station area in Karachi. Muhammad Iqbal came to Pakistan on 90 days visa in 1995 but remained missing till the time of his arrest, according to police officials. An FIR has been registered […]
Egypt to apply Biometric passport system
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab is scheduled to inaugurate ePassport gates at terminal three in Cairo International Airport Saturday, Youm7 reported. The inauguration will be attended by Minister of Civil Aviation, Hossam Kamal, and Chief Executive Officer of the Holding Company for Airports and Aviation, Mahmoud Essmat. ePassport gates enable passengers to finalize airport formalities […]
Ethiopian expats worry over digital passport delays
They said that it is taking up to more than nine months — instead of the usual 45 days — for applications to renew passports, which cost Dh1,000 to be processed. Only digital (machine readable) passports are now allowed, while the manual passports are no longer in use. Many expatriates are frustrated both by the […]