Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recommended on Wednesday that passport counters be put up at National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) centres to assist applicants.
The prime minister, who was chairing a discussion on hassle-free access to passports and computerised national identity cards (CNICs), said the move would not only benefit the general population but would also lessen the burden on the national exchequer.
He has requested that NADRA and the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports pool their resources in order to make the partnership a reality.
Shehbaz Sharif ordered that all previously approved new passport offices be established as counters at NADRA centres.
He also directed that the number of NADRA mobile vans providing doorstep service to CNIC applicants be increased.
For the renewal of CNICs, the meeting was informed that NADRA was set to launch a new mobile phone application for consumers.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Education Minister Rana Tanvir Hussain, Chairman NADRA, the Director General Immigration and Passports and senior officials attended the meeting.
