Interior Ministry announces amnesty for dual passport, identity card holders
Last updated on: 12 May,2022 05:32 pm
Interior Ministry announces amnesty for dual passport, identity card holders
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Interior Ministry on Thursday has made a big decision and given relief to those who have committed the crime of having two identity cards and passports.
Sources privy to this matter said that the Interior Ministry has announced amnesty for the holders of two identity cards and passports after the approval of the cabinet through which the facility of removing a card and passport without any legal action has been introduced.
On the other hand, more than 38,000 people across the country have two identity cards and passports which they forged with the involvement of NADRA officials. In first phase, ministry has blacklisted these 38,000 and allowed them only to make one card and passport. Moreover, warned that holding two identity cards and a passports is punishable by up to three years in prison.
In this regard, the Interior Ministry has also added that this facility will not be accessible to criminals, those who do not benefit from amnesty will have to go to jail.