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Pakistani passport

Pakistani passport
پاکستانی پاسپورٹ
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The front cover of a contemporary Pakistani passport.
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Current Pakistani passport. (Areas containing personal information are grayed out.)
Issued by  Pakistan
Type of document Passport
Purpose Identification
Eligibility requirements Pakistani citizenship
Expiration 5 and 10 Years
Cost 3000 (US$29) - 5 Years Validity
5400 (US$52)- 10 Years Validity

The Pakistani passport (Urdu: پاکستانی پاسپورٹ‎) is issued to citizens of Pakistan for the purpose of international travel. The Directorate General of Immigration & Passports of the Ministry of Interior is responsible for issuing passports. Pakistan's machine-readable and biometric passports are currently being issued from regional passport offices and Pakistani embassies.

In 2004, Pakistan became one of the first countries in the world to issue the biometric passports, which are, according to the publisher, compliant with ICAO standards and dubbed Multi-biometric e-Passports. They do not carry the "chip inside" symbol (EPassport logo.svg), which is mandatory for ICAO-standard electronic passports., however Ministry of Interior is planning to start issuing E-Passport in coming years to Pakistani citizens. As of 2012, Pakistan has adopted the Multi-biometric e-Passport that is now compliant with ICAO standards. According to the Interior Minister, the biometric passports will be introduced in 2017. More than 7 million passports have been issued until now. The passports are printed in a centralized passport personalization facility established within the premises of Directorate General of Immigration and Passports Headquarters based in Federal capital of Islamabad. From January 2014, passports are being issued with 5 and 10 years validity.

Pakistan does not recognize the state of Israel so its written as observation 'This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel' on Pakistani passports.


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