ISLAMABAD, March 27: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said Central Digital Data Bank will be set up for online visas of foreigners.
Chairing a meeting in Islamabad on Monday, he said online visa system will ensure transparency as well as overcoming irregularities.
The mechanism he said would help the foreigners to get an online visa appointment for any category of visas for travelling to Pakistan. At the same time it will bring transparency and clarity in to the system.
The Interior Minister was chairing a high-level meeting which was also attended by secretary interior, chairman NADRA, director general Air Wing and senior officers from Ministry of Interior.
The Interior Minister said that central digital databank of visa appointments and visa issuance mechanism would help the state to keep a check on all aliens visiting the country.
It is pertinent to mention that on the directions of the Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan the letter written by the Prime Minister Office during the previous government authorizing our Ambassador in US to issue visas with approval from Islamabad was withdrawn in 2014.
The Interior Minister observed that there was still a need to make the whole exercise more transparent.
A lot has been done, he said, during the last three years to ensure that no alien should enter Pakistan without proper documents and these documents should duly be verified before issue.
He ordered NADRA to develop an online system for issuance of visas so that everything comes on the record and there is absolutely no space for irregularity. – DNA
