The federal government has decided to cancel the dual passports which thepeople have got after bringing changes in the particulars of their nationalidentity cards.
The interior ministry on Monday warned the dual passport holders if theydid not get their passports cancelled till Dec 31, they would not be issuednew passports.
The ministry instructed the Passport Control Centre to collect record ofdual passports.
The applicants having dual passports will have to pay Rs10,000 to Rs50,000processing fee.
It has been revealed that dual passports were got by making alterations inthe B Form and ID cards numbers.
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It has been seen that people have fraudulently achieved dual passportsafter making changes in the numeric of ID cards.
The interior ministry has noted that woman who got married and changedtheir surnames after marriage, they also got double passports.
Besides this, some citizens also got dual passports after adding ethnicityto their names.
