Govt cuts 10-year passport fee by 50 percent

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced on Tuesday that the government has cut the fee for ten-year validity passports by 50 percent.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Sheikh Rashid asked people to apply for passports that are valid for up to ten years in order to reduce the burden on passport office.

The minister said the network of NADRA offices will be expanded at the tehsil headquarters level and the NADRA will issue 100,000 identity cards in a day.