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Passport and NADRA Services: How successful is the new appointment system at Pakistan Consulate Jeddah?

Dr. Asim RazaEditor International & Diplomatic Affairs • Islamabad / Lahore Bureau
Passport and NADRA Services: How successful is the new appointment system at Pakistan Consulate Jeddah?

📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:

  • The Pakistani Consulate in Jeddah is the largest foreign mission of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is very important for the.
  • In the old Jeddah Consulate building, long queues of people for passport and NADRA services used to form from early morning. Those coming fr.
  • The quality change in the services provided to the community has been witnessed since the relocation of the Consulate to the new building on.

The Pakistani Consulate in Jeddah is the largest foreign mission of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is very important for the Pakistani community living in the western region of the country. There are approximately 1.8 million Pakistanis in the region. Providing consular services to such a large number has always been a major challenge.

In the old Jeddah Consulate building, long queues of people for passport and NADRA services used to form from early morning. Those coming from far away would arrive at night and camp outside the consulate so that they could receive the token first thing in the morning.

The quality change in the services provided to the community has been witnessed since the relocation of the Consulate to the new building on March 16. After reviewing the merits and demerits of the appointment system in various embassies, a new appointment system was introduced from October 1.

An attempt was made to evaluate how effective the new appointment system was based on the feedback received after one month of the system. Time savings and increased efficiency. The rush has subsided or is still there. Put these questions before the Consul General.

Consul General Mustafa Rabbani told Urdu News that when we moved to the new building, we realized that we have more space now and people can sit respectfully. We conducted a month-long review to improve service delivery. We noticed that there is more rush in the morning. 700 to 800 people used to reach at a time. People had to wait for their turn for five hours in some cases.

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Dr. Asim Raza

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