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ISLAMABAD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 14 2022
PART II
Statutory Notifications (S. R. O.)
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTANMINISTRY OF INTERIORNOTIFICATION
Islamabad, the 13th February, 2022
S. R. O. 245(I)/2022.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13of the Passports Act, 1974 (XX of 1974) read with section 3 of the Foreigners
Act, 1946 (XXXI of 1946) the Federal Government is pleased to make thefollowing rules, namely:1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules shall be called
the Passports Rules, 2021.
(2)

They shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions.—(1) In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant
in the subject or context,(a)“Act” means the Passports Act, 1974 (XX of 1974);(b)“confiscation” means forfeiture of passport in accordance with
the Act and rules made thereunder;
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[PART II(c) “custodial parent” means either of the parents who has been granted
custody of the minor by the competent court of law.
(d)“Director General” means the Director General, Immigration andPassports and includes any other officer performing the duties of
the Director General for the time being;(e)“Directorate General” means the Directorate General of
Immigration and Passports established to regulate the mattersrelating to immigration and passports and matters ancillary thereto;(f)“Division concerned” means the Division of the Federal
Government to which business of the Directorate General stands
allocated;(g)“impound” means seizure of passport for a limited period;(h)“legal guardian” means a person appointed by a court of competentjurisdiction for care of a minor;(i)“minor” means a person who has not attained eighteen years of age;(j)“passport officer” means Assistant Director or Deputy Assistant
Director of the Directorate General or any other officer or official
authorized by the Director General to issue passport and visa;(k)“passport office” means the office of a passport officer authorized
to issue passport and visa;(l)“schedule” means a schedule to these rules;(m) “zone” means a group of passport offices under the supervision of
zonal head specified in Schedule-II; and(n)“zonal head” means a supervisory officer in charge of a zone.

(2) All other words and expressions used but not defined herein shallhave the same meanings as are assigned thereto under the Act and the Foreigners
Act, 1946 (XXXI of 1946).
3. Conditions for departure from or entry into Pakistan.— (1) No
person, holding a valid passport, shall depart from or enter into Pakistan
otherwise than through a check-post specified in Schedule-I.
(2)
required.

No person shall depart from Pakistan without valid visa wherePART II]THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022

425 (3)(3) No person shall enter into Pakistan from place outside Pakistan who
is not in possession of a valid passport specifically endorsed by a passport
officer, whether by way of visa or otherwise as valid for entry into Pakistan
under these rules.
(4) If any person is brought into Pakistan in contravention of sub-rules(1) and (3), any authority empowered by the Division concerned generally or
specifically in this behalf may direct the owner or person in charge of the aircraftor ship, as the case may be, to take the person back on board and remove himfrom Pakistan, or otherwise to arrange for the immediate removal from Pakistanof the said person and the owner, or the person in charge of the aircraft or theship, as the case may be, shall comply with such directions.
4. Criteria for establishment of new passport offices.—(1) The
Division concerned may, as it deems fit, establish a new passport office within orout of Pakistan, subject to the condition that establishment of such passport officeout of Pakistan shall require concurrence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
(2) The new passport office under sub-rule (1) shall be establishedsubject to provision of budgetary allocations and creation of posts.
(3) Subject to sub-rules (1) and (2), passport offices shall beestablished in all districts of Pakistan and all sub-divisions having population of
one million or above.
(4) In major cities where population is more than two and half million,
the city may be divided into sectors with a population of one million per sector
and passport office may then be established for each sector subject to fulfillmentof the conditions of sub-rule (2).
(5) The premises for new passport offices may be arranged by one of
the following, namely:—(a)provision of a suitable piece of land for construction ofcustomized building;(b)

suitable Government owned building may be provided by therespective Provincial and Local Governments; and(c)in case of non-availability, a suitable rented building may bearranged as per Government instructions.

5. Passport issuing authority.—Passport officer may, after
fulfillment of requirements of these rules and adhering to the instructions issued
from time to time by the Directorate General, issue passport valid for all425 (4) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022

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countries, except Israel, from the respective passport office or Pakistan mission
abroad on behalf of the Federal Government.
6. Jurisdiction.—The first ever passport shall be issued from thepassport office in whose jurisdiction the address of the applicant, present orpermanent, as recorded on the Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC),
falls. The subsequent passports may be issued from any passport office, underjurisdiction whereof the applicant is temporarily residing, subject to attestation ofpresent address by a gazetted officer. However, persons falling under thefollowing categories are exempted from this provision, namely:(a)Government or semi-government servants, armed forces personnel,
employees of autonomous bodies, corporations or statutory
authorities and their dependent family members at the place ofposting;(b)

bonafide student of an educational institution, from the passport
office in whose jurisdiction that institute falls; and(c)any person exempted by the zonal head for reasons to be recordedin writing.

7. Types of passport.—The following types of passport shall be
issued, namely:—(a)ordinary passport to every citizen of Pakistan subject to fulfillmentof all laid down requirements;(b)

official gratis passport or official passport to various classes of
persons as specified in Schedule-III;(c)diplomatic passport, which shall be issued to various classes of
persons as specified in Schedule-IV;(d)ordinary gratis passport which shall be issued to various classes of
persons as specified in Schedule-V; or(e)emergency travel document shall be issued by the Passport Officer
at Pakistan mission abroad for return to Pakistan only.

8. Requisite documents for passport application.—(1) No passportshall be issued to a person who is not a citizen of Pakistan as defined in the
Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (II of 1951).
(2) Every applicant who is a bonafide citizen of Pakistan shall, alongwith following documents, make application to the passport office or Pakistan
mission abroad for issuance of passport, namely:—PART II]THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022

425 (5)(a)proof of identity viz original valid CNIC or National Identity Cardfor Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) or Smart Card;(b)

Child Registration Certificate or Family Registration Certificate or
Smart Card for minors;(c)previous passport, if any;(d)challan form evidencing proof of passport fee deposited in a bankor otherwise;(e)no objection certificate from the concerned department in case ofgovernment, semi-government or autonomous body employees;(f)police report in case of lost passport in Pakistan;(g)a minor seeking passport shall be accompanied by either of theparents, along-with their original valid CNICs or passports;(h)in case, the parents of the minor are divorced or separated, and an
application for a passport is made in respect of a minor, a passport
may be issued, if applicant is the custodial parent;(i)in case, the parents of the minor are divorced or separated and an
application for passport is made by either of the parents, in respectof a minor, a passport may be issued subject to explicit permissionof the other parent in the shape of his or her physical presence orconsent on duly attested non-judicial stamp paper;(j)legal guardianship certificate for a minor; or(k)in case of any doubt about national status, particulars andantecedents, additional documents may be required with cogent
reasons to be recorded in writing by the passport officer.

9. Processing of Passport application.—The passport officer while
accepting the passport application shall satisfy himself about the national status
and antecedents of the applicant and interview the applicant for the purpose. The
passport officer shall ensure that,—(a)application has been duly submitted in accordance with these rules;(b)data retrieved from database is of the same person; and(c)applicant is a bonafide citizen of Pakistan and in case of doubt
about citizenship of the applicant, matter shall be referred to theconcerned security agency for verification of national status:425 (6) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022

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Provided that reason for referring case to Security Agency
shall be communicated to Directorate General in writing
immediately;(d)prescribed amount of fee has been deposited; and(e)applicant does not fall in the category of refusal of passportmentioned in rule 21 or in the integrated border management
system (IBMS) with active status.

10. Passport fee.—(1) For issuance of passport, every applicant shall
pay a fee in his own name and citizenship number according to the category of
passport application.
(2) Fee once deposited shall not be refunded, however, the same may
be utilized by the applicant himself for subsequent passport facility, subject toverification of amount from bank scroll or treasury.
(3) The passport fee shall be determined by Division concerned withthe concurrence of Finance Division.
11. Validity of passport.—Validity of passport shall be as under:—(a)passport may be issued with validity of five or ten years as perpolicy of the Federal Government;(b)passport to the minor below age of fifteen years shall be restricted
to maximum validity of five years;(c)there is no restriction on renewal of ordinary passport before its
expiry. Passport having full validity of five or ten years may be
issued even if existing passport has not completed its validity.
However, the applicant shall be required to give a justifiablestatement mentioning the reason for obtaining a new ordinary
passport before expiry of existing passport; and(d)validity of passport under Schedules III, IV and V shall vary oncase to case basis, depending on the nature of official assignment
abroad.

12. Exhausted or expired passport.—When a passport is exhausted or
expired, a new one may be issued on application for five or ten years, as the casemay be, and the previous passport may also be returned to the passport holder,
only after making the following entry therein, namely:—“Fresh passport has been issued in lieu thereof”

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425 (7)

13. Damaged passport.—(1) When a passport is damaged, a new one
may be issued on application for five or ten years, as the case may be, underreprint damaged category. The scanned image of damaged passport iscompulsory to be uploaded.
(2) A passport application processed in reprint damaged category shallbe considered as a reprint lost category if the scanned images of damaged
passport have not been provided and uploaded.
14. Disposal of unclaimed passports.—(1) There shall be prepared alist of passports, which remain unclaimed for six months at the passport office.
Applicants of such passports shall be warned by registered post that the passport
may be collected within ninety days of receipt of letter of intimation.
(2) If, despite warning in sub-rule (1), the passports are not collected,
such passports in original along-with a list shall be forwarded to the Directorate
General. These passports shall be destroyed or cancelled after one year of
issuance by Directorate General in the presence of departmental committee
constituted for the purpose which shall record a certificate, to this effect. The
applicant may apply for subsequent passport in lieu of destroyed passport on
payment of prescribed fee.
15. Lost passport.—(1) In case of lost passport, the passport holder
shall, without delay, report the matter to the nearest passport office and police
station in Pakistan and to the nearest Pakistan mission abroad, as the case may be.
(2) An application made in lieu of lost passport shall be processed inreprint lost category.
(3) In case of first time loss of passport, double fee shall be charged. Iflost for the second time, fee shall be four times and in case of third time loss,
eight times fee shall be charged for the new passport. In case of any subsequentloss, passport shall be issued only on realization of proportionate fee increase.
(4) In case of third lost and onward, no passport officer shall issue
passport except with the prior approval of Director General.
(5)

In case of fourth time loss, Pakistan mission abroad may issue
emergency travel document to the applicant for repatriation to
Pakistan. However, if Pakistan mission abroad feels that theapplicant is gainfully employed and applicant‟s request needs
consideration, the case may be referred to Directorate Generalalong-with specific recommendations for further orders.

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16. Change of particulars in passport.—(1) In case of change ofparticulars including name, father name and date of birth, or any otherparticulars, the applicant shall produce a revised CNIC, along-with documents as
specified by Directorate General from time to time.
(2) Application of changed particulars shall be examined carefully inverifying nationality and identity. Both the previous and newly assumed names
shall be checked against Integrated Border Management System (IBMS).
17. Issuance of passport to Pakistanis living abroad.—(1) A
Pakistan national may obtain passport from any Pakistan mission abroad
irrespective of his residential status in the respective country:
Provided that the concerned passport officer is fully satisfied about thebonafide of the applicant as a citizen of Pakistan.
(2) Cases of asylum seekers shall, before issuance of passport, bereferred to the Special Branch of Police or Intelligence Bureau under intimation
to Directorate General.
18. Emergency travel documents.—(1) Emergency travel document(ETD) shall only be issued to bonafide citizens of Pakistan and on verification of
CNIC or NICOP or such other document bearing CNIC number or passport andwhere such identity document is not available, on confirmation of national statusfrom security agency.
(2)

ETD shall be valid only for single return journey to Pakistan.

(3) ETD shall be issued by Passport Officer in Pakistan missions
abroad in the following cases, namely:—(a)a person who is not in possession of a valid passport and requires toreturn back to Pakistan in emergency or is deported by a foreign
government;(b)a passport holder whose passport has been confiscated, impounded,cancelled or inactivated;(c)a person who has been refused passport under these rules; or(d)a person whose name is borne on passport control list.

19. Issuance of passport to the subjects of former state of Jammu
and Kashmir.—As per policy of the Federal Government, subjects of the former
State of Jammu and Kashmir now residing either in the territory of Azad Jammu

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425 (9)and Kashmir or in Pakistan shall be granted passports on the same conditions andrestrictions as applicable to other citizens of Pakistan.
20. Holding of an ordinary and official passport.—(1) A person may
be allowed to hold two types of passport at one time. When an official passport isissued to a person who already holds a valid ordinary passport, the fact ofholding another passport may be indicated by making cross entries on both
passports.
(2) Ordinary passport shall not be issued in lieu of official passport tothe officer or official while abroad. On completion of official assignment or
retirement or discontinuation of service on disciplinary or administrative
grounds, request for issuance of ordinary passport on payment of fee shall beconsidered in accordance with these rules only after returning back to Pakistan.
(3) Dependent children of officers or officials residing abroad may beallowed issuance of ordinary passport in lieu of official passport, only in special
circumstance on the basis of educational requirements or hardship cases, after
fulfilment of conditions specified by the Directorate General.
(4) Diplomatic passport holder shall not be allowed to retain any othertype of passport.
(5) The diplomatic passport holder shall not be allowed to change thetype of passport while abroad; however he shall surrender the diplomatic
passport to Additional Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under proper
receipt.
21. Refusal of passport.—A citizen of Pakistan may be refused issuanceof passport for the time being on any of the following grounds, namely:—(a)on the orders of courts or tribunals;(b)a minor being taken out of Pakistan against the wishes of the legal
guardian;(c)a person, who is placed on Provisional National Identification List
(PNIL) and is likely to flee the country to evade prosecution in acriminal or other offence;(d)a deserter or delinquent of Government service recommended byrespective department;(e)a person whose name exists on exit control list (ECL);(f)a person wanted by the International Criminal Police Organization(INTERPOL);

425 (10) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 [PART II(g)a person who is likely to engage abroad in activities prejudicial to
the sovereignty, security or integrity of Pakistan;(h)a person whose presence abroad is detrimental to the friendly
relations of Pakistan with any other country;(i)a person whose presence abroad, in the opinion of the Federal
Government, is not in the public interest;(j)a person involved in offences punishable under sections 4 and 6 of
the Act;(k)a person who obtained one or more CNICs or passports
fraudulently on fake identities;(l)a person previously deported from abroad on account of
undesirable activities or illegal entry or criminal charges;(m) upon receipt of report from the concerned authority(ies), i.e. FIA,ANF, Customs, IB, Coast Guards or Border Agencies, a person
suspected of being habitual smuggler or purveyors of contraband
goods or involved in human trafficking; and(n)upon receipt of report from FIA or Border Agencies, persons
suspected to be smugglers of foreign exchange.

Explanation: For the purpose of sub-clauses (g), (h) and (i) the action
shall be based on reasonable likelihood or suspicion.
22. Passport control list.—(1) Federal Government is vested with thepowers to regulate the departure from and entry into Pakistan and also visit toforeign countries of its citizens under the Act.
(2) The Division concerned and Directorate General shall prepare andmaintain a PCL for placement of names and other record of individuals who havebeen refused passport facilities under these rules under category „A‟ and „B‟respectively with the following description, namely:(a)under category „A‟, the names of those persons are placed who are
involved in anti-state activities or whose visit to foreign countries is
considered to be prejudicial to the State interest, or, whose visit
abroad is banned from security point of view. The names in this list
shall be placed and removed by the Additional Secretary of theDivision concerned;

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under category „B‟, the names of those persons are placed who havebeen refused passport under these rules other than anti-state
activities specified in clause (a). The names of persons included in
the category under this clause may also be placed on therecommendations of government agencies or departments;(c)normal period of retaining a person on the PCL is five years.
However, a person may be kept on PCL even beyond five years
provided the referring department or agency recommends forfurther retention having full justification in this regard. The
Additional Secretary of the Division concerned in case of category„A‟ and Director General in case of category „B‟ may consider
omission of name of any person from such list on appeal even
before the normal period of five years; and(d)both the categories „A‟ and „B‟ are subject to periodical review by a
Review Committee under sub-rule (3) in consultation with therelevant agency or department on whose recommendations theindividual was placed on PCL; and(3) There shall be the following Review Committees for category „A‟and „B‟ respectively, comprising:(a)Review Committee for Category „A‟:—

1.

Additional Secretary of the Division concerned

Chairman2.

Director General

Member3.

Representative of Security Agency

Member4.

The dealing Deputy Secretary of the Division concerned

Member5.

The dealing Section Officer of the Division concerned

Member cum
Secretary(b)

Review Committee for Category „B‟: —1.

Director General

Chairman2.

Representative of Directorate of Intelligence Bureau

Member3.
4.
5.

The dealing Deputy Secretary of the Division
concerned
Representatives of Security Agencies
Assistant Director or Deputy Director of Directorate
GeneralMemberMemberMember cum
Secretary425 (12) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 [PART II(4) In case a person falls under rule 21, and a passport already exists in
his name in the database of Directorate General, such passport shall beinactivated to avoid issuance of subsequent passport and placed on the Integrated
Border Management System (IBMS) for refusal of immigration services.
Immigration officer shall impound passport of such individual and forward it to
the Directorate General till delisting from the IBMS category.
(5) A foreigner may be placed on foreigners control list (FCL) for
restricting visa issuance and extension, on the request of Security Agencies or on
the orders of the Division concerned.
23. Impounding, confiscation, cancellation and inactivation of
passport.—(1) In pursuance of section 8 of the Act, the Secretary of the Division
concerned shall have the power to confiscate, impound, cancel, or inactivate any
passport at any time.
(2) Director General shall have power to impound, confiscate, cancel
or inactivate ordinary and official passport.
(3) Additional Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall have thepower to impound, confiscate, or cancel diplomatic passport and shall forward arequest to Directorate General for in-activation of such passport.
(4) Heads of the Pakistan missions abroad shall have the power toimpound passport in respect of a person residing in a foreign country, who shallforward such passport to Director General or Additional Secretary, Ministry ofForeign Affairs for confiscation, cancellation or inactivation, as the case may be:
Provided that the above mentioned action shall be taken by the Head ofPakistan mission abroad, after personally satisfying himself of the un-desirabilityof the person concerned while staying abroad.
(5) A passport may be impounded, confiscated, cancelled or inactivatedin the following cases, namely:—(a)when the person belongs to one of the classes of persons to whom
passport is refused under Rule 21;(b)when a person is found to be in wrongful possession of a passport; or(c)when a person is found to be involved in un-desirable activities
mentioned in sub-rule (6).

(6) For the purpose of sub-rule (4), the following shall be the grounds
on any of which a passport may be impounded, namely: —PART II]THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 425 (13)(a)

activities, prejudicial to the interest of Pakistan involving securityof the country;(b)while on good evidence, found to have fled Pakistan to avoid
prosecution for criminal or other offence; or(c)found to have indulged in racketeering or forgery in passport; or(d)convicted in the host country of a crime involving moral turpitude;or(e)

has been generally indulging in activities of a criminal nature; or(f)

has used physical violence against the personnel or property of themission concerned; or(g)being a government servant and for the time being employed in aforeign country has extended his contract with a foreign
government without prior approval of the Government of Pakistan.

(7) The details of passport impounded shall be communicated to the
Directorate General. Time, date and place of entry of the returnee into Pakistan
shall also be intimated well in advance by the Pakistan mission abroad to
Directorate General who may take necessary steps to proceed against the returneein accordance with these rules, where necessary.
(8)custody.

An impounded passport may not be cancelled but kept in safe(9) Refusal or failure to surrender the passport on requisition under thisrule renders the person to whom it was issued liable to prosecution under
section 175 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860).
24. Repeal.—The Passport Rules, 1974 are hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE-I(See rule 3)
CHECK-POSTS
1.
2.

Immigration
Immigration

Check-post,
Check-post,

Air port, Faisalabad.
Air port, Gwadar.

3.

Immigration

Check-post,

Airport, Islamabad.

4.

Immigration

Check-post,

Airport, Karachi.

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5.

Immigration

Check-post,

Airport, Lahore.

6.

Immigration

Check-post,

Airport, Multan.

7.

Immigration

Check-post,

Airport, Peshawar.

8.

Immigration

Check-post,

Airport, Quetta.

9.

Immigration

Check-post,

Airport, Sialkot.

10.

Immigration

Check-post,

Airport, Sukkur.

11.

Immigration

Check-post,

Seaport, Gwadar.

12.

Immigration

Check-post,

Seaport, Karachi.

13.

Immigration

Check-post,

Port Mohammad Bin Qasim.

14.

Immigration

Check-post,

Chaman.

15.

Immigration

Check-post,

Kartarpur Sahib, Narowal.

16.

Immigration

Check-post,

Khunjrab.

17.

Immigration

Check-post,

Kohi-Taftan.

18.

Immigration

Check-post,

Railway Station, Lahore.

19.
20.

Immigration
Immigration

Check-post,
Check-post,

Torkham.
Wagah.

SCHEDULE-II(See rule 2(1) (m))
Zone

Headquarters

North Punjab
Zone

Number
S.
ofNo.
Offices

48Name of Office1.

EPO Islamabad2.

Islamabad3.

OPF Building Office (For Overseas Pakistanis)

4.

(a) Model Centre and (b) Diplomatic & Official
Centre, Islamabad

5.

Attock6.

Chakwal7.

EPO Rawalpindi

8.

Gujar Khan

9.

Jhelum10.

Kahuta11.

Pind Dadan Khan

12.

Rawalpindi.

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13.

Bhalwal14.

Chiniot

15.

EPO Faisalabad

16.

EPO Gujranwala

17.

EPO Gujrat

18.

EPO Lahore

19.

EPO Sahiwal

20.

EPO Sargodha

21.

EPO Sialkot

22.

Faisalabad

23.

Gujranwala

24.

Gujrat25.

Hafizabad

26.

Jaranwala

27.

Jhang

28,

Kasur

29.

Khushab30.

Kubay Chak

31.

Lahore-I

32.

Lahore-II

33.

Lahore-III

34.

Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry

35.

Mandi Bahauddin

36.

Nankana Sahib

37.

Narowal

38.

Okara

39.

Pakpattan

40.

Punjab Bar Council Lahore

41.

Sahiwal42.

Sargodha43.

Shahdarah, Distt. Lahore

44.

Sheikhupura

45.

Sialkot46.

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South Punjab
Zone

19

.

Sindh Zone

30

47.

EPO Multan

48.

Bahawalnagar

49.

Bahawalpur

50.

Bhakkar51.

Dera Ghazi Khan

52.

Taunsa, Distt. D.G.Khan

53.

Jahanian, Distt. Khanewal

54.

Jalalpur Pirwala, Distt. Multan

55.

Khanewal

56.

Layyah

57.

Lodhran58.

Mianwali

59.

Multan60.

Muzaffargarh

61.

Qadirpur Raan, Distt. Multan

62.

Rahim Yar Khan

63.

Rajanpur

64.

Vehari65.

Kot Addu

66.

Awami Markaz, Karachi

67.

Badin

68.

Dadu

69.

EPO Karachi

70.

Hyderabad71.

Jacobabad

72.

Jamshoro

73.

Karachi -II

74.

Karachi -III

75.

Karachi -IV

76.

Kashmor77.

Khairpur78.

Larkana

79.

Malir

80.

Matiari81.

Mirpur Khas

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Mirpur Mathelo

83.

Mithi Tharparkar

84.

Naushehro Feroze

85.

Kambar Shahdadkot

86.

Saddar, Karachi

87.

Sanghar88.

Shaheed Benazirabad (Nawabshah)89.

Shikarpur

90.

Sujawal91.

Sukkur92.

Tando Allahyar

93.

Tando Muhammad Khan

94.

Thatta95.

Umerkot

96.

Awaran

97.

Barkhan

98.

Dadar

99.

Dalbandin

100.

Dera Allah Yar

101.

Dera Bugti

102.

EPO Quetta

103.

Gwadar104.

Harnai

105.

Jhal Magsi

106.

Kalat

107.

Kech (Turbat)

108.

Kharan109.

Khuzdar110. Kohlu
Balochistan
Zone

111. Lasbela
32
112. Loralai113. Mastung
114. Musakhel Bazar
115. Nasirabad
116. Nushki

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117. Panjgur
118. Pishin
119. Killa Abdullah
120. Killa Saifullah
121. Quetta
122. Sherani123. Sibi
124. Sohbatpur
125. Washuk
126. Zhob
127. Ziarat
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Zone

128. Abbottabad33129. Alpuri (Shangla)130. Bannu
131. Batkhela132. Battagram
133. Buner
134. Charsadda
135. Chitral
136. Dasu
137. Dera Ismail Khan
138. Dir-Upper
139. EPO Peshawar
140. Ghallanai141. Hangu
142. Haripur
143. Karak
144. Khar
145.

Kohat

146.

Lakki Marwat

147.

Mansehra

148.

Mardan149.

Miranshah

150.

Nowshera

151.

Orakzai

PART II]THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 425 (19)AJK
&GilgitBaltistan
Zones

19

152.

Parachinar

153.

Sadda, Kurrum

154.

Peshawar

155.

Swabi

156.

Swat

157.

Tank

158.

Timergara

159.

Torghar

160.

Wana

161.

Astore162.

Bagh (Arja)

163.

Bhimber164.

Chillas165.

Ghanche

166.

Ghizer167.

Gilgit168.

Hattian

169.

Haveli

170.

Hunza

171.

Kotli

172.

Mirpur173.

Muzaffarabad

174.

Nagar

175.

Neelum176.

Rawalakot

177.

Shiger178.

Skardu179.

Sudhnoti

SCHEDULE - III[See rule 7 (b) and 11(d)](1) Official and gratis passport.—Such passports shall be issued to
the following categories of persons:(a)President and Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir andChief Minister & Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan;425 (20) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 [PART II(b)Members of the Senate, Members of the National Assembly, theirspouses, parents and dependent children up to 28 years of age;(c)the Auditor General of Pakistan, Chairman Federal Public Service
Commission, Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, Wafaqi
Mohtasib, Federal Tax Ombudsman, Judges of the Supreme Courtof Pakistan, Federal Shariat Court, Supreme Court of Azad Jammu
and Kashmir, Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan,High Courts including High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmirand Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court, Chairman Federal Services
Tribunal, Members Election Commission of Pakistan, their spouses
and dependent children up to 28 years of age;(d)Speakers of all Provincial Assemblies, Legislative Assemblies of
Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, their spouses anddependent children up to 28 years of age;(e)

All civil servants in BPS-22, including officers of Senate andNational Assembly Secretariats and armed forces officers ofequivalent rank and their spouses, serving and retired;(f)Advisors to the Provincial Governments, Azad Jammu and Kashmirand Gilgit-Baltistan, with the status of Provincial Minister tillcompletion of tenure;(g)Members of Provincial Assemblies, Legislative Assemblies of
Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, till completion of
their term;(h)Chairman of National Accountability Bureau and his spouse;(i)

Chairman and members of the Council of Islamic Ideology;(j)Federal Additional Secretaries, Senior Joint Secretaries, Chief
Secretaries of the Provinces, BPS-21 Officers of All Pakistan
Services, Additional Secretaries of the Senate and National
Assembly Secretariats, officers of armed forces of equivalent ranks
and their spouses;(k)Retired Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee and all threeService Chiefs including their spouses;(l)

Dependent children of the President of Pakistan, Governors ofProvinces, President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Ministersof Provinces, Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir,
Governor and Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, Special AssistantPART II]THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 425 (21)or Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan with the status of Federal
Minister or Minister of State, Federal Secretaries, Chairman Joint
Chiefs of Staff Committee and all three services chiefs up to 28
years of age;(m) Director General and Directors of Immigration and Passports;(n)Federal Joint Secretaries, Provincial Secretaries and Secretaries of
Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, Joint Secretaries of
Senate and National Assembly Secretariats, in BPS-20;(o)

Civil servants and armed forces personnel residing in Pakistan andproceeding abroad on posting, secondment or on deputation with aforeign Government, ECO, UNO, its affiliated Organizations, theirspouses and dependent children up to 28 years of age
accompanying or joining them. However, dependent daughters may
be allowed official passport irrespective of age limit. Dependent
parents may be issued official passports on payment of fee;(p)

Civil servants and armed forces personnel proceeding abroad on
official business, training, course, study tour or to attend seminar.
The validity of passport should be restricted to one year or to theextent of the official business, if more than one year;(q)

Ex-Members of the Parliament who remained member of either
House of the Parliament for at least one term and their spouses;(r)

Former Governors of the Provinces, former Presidents of
Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and former Governors of Gilgit-Baltistan;(s)

Retired judges of Supreme Court of Pakistan, High Courts,
Supreme Court and High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir,Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan and Gilgit-Baltistan
Chief Court and their spouses;(t)

Officers employed in BPS-20 and above on contractual
assignments, with the Federal or Provincial Governments, while
proceeding abroad on official business. The validity of passports
shall be restricted to the period of their contract;(u)Officers of the Senate, National Assembly Secretariat, National
Accountability Bureau and Supreme Court of Pakistan in BPS-17
and above proceeding abroad on official visit. The validity of
passport shall be restricted to the duration of official visit:425 (22) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 [PART II

Provided that the validity of the official passport issued to dependent will
not be beyond the eligible age limit 28 years.
2. Official passport on payment of fee.—(i) This type of passportshall be issued to the following categories of persons on payment of prescribed fee:a.

Governor and Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan;b.

Members of Competition Commission of Pakistan;c.

Civil servants on deputation with autonomous or semi-autonomous
bodies or corporations proceeding abroad in connection with
official work of the borrowing body;d.

Spouses and dependent children up to 28 years of age of civil
servants (BPS-17 to 21) and armed forces officers in equivalentrank proceeding abroad for official training or courses longer thannine months. However, dependent daughters may also be allowed
official passports irrespective of age limit;e.

Heads of autonomous bodies or corporations, either permanent oron contractual basis in BPS-20 and above proceeding abroad inconnection with the official work of that body;f.

Pakistan Television Corporation and Pakistan Broadcasting
Corporation going abroad for covering President‟s or Prime
Minister‟s foreign visits;g.

Employees of NADRA Posted at Pakistan Mission abroad;(ii) This type of passport shall be issued to the employees of following
organizations on payment of prescribed fee while proceeding abroad for training,course or official visit:—(a)

Air Weapons Complex;(b)

Dr. A.Q Khan Research Laboratories;(c)

Defense Science and Technology Organization;(d)Federal Public Service Commission;(e) Maritime Technology Complex;(f)National Development Complex;

PART II]THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 425 (23)(g)

National Engineering and Scientific Commission;(h)Pakistan Nuclear Regularity Authority;(i)Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission;(j)Project Management Organization;(k)Strategic Plans Division;(l)

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission:

Provided that the validity of Passport issued to the above categories of
persons, mentioned in clause 2, be restricted to a period of one year or to theextent of official business, if more than one year.
The term “employee” covers all types of employees including contract
employees;–––––––SCHEDULE – IV
[See Rule 7 (c) and 11 (d)]Diplomatic passports.—Diplomatic passports shall be issued on therecommendations of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
(1) Grant of diplomatic passports shall strictly be confined to thefollowing persons:—(a)

President of Pakistan;(b)

Prime Minister of Pakistan;(c)

Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan;(d)

Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan;(e)Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan;(f)

Governors of the Provinces;(g)

Chief Ministers of the Provinces;(h)

Ministers of the Government of Pakistan;425 (24) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 [PART II(i)

Attorney General for Pakistan;(j)

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee;(k)Chief of Army Staff;(l)Chief of Naval Staff;(m) Chief of Air Staff;(n)Ex-Presidents of Pakistan;(o)

Ex- Prime Ministers of Pakistan;(p)

Ministers of State to the Government of Pakistan;(q)

Ex-Chairmen of the Senate of Pakistan and Ex-Speakers of the
National Assembly of Pakistan;(r)

Special Assistants to the Prime Minister;(s)

All functionaries of the Federal Government with the status ofFederal Minister or Minister of State;(t)

Chairman, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission;

(u)

(i)

Officers in BPS-17 and above of Pakistan Foreign Service forthe duration of their membership of the Foreign Service ofPakistan;(ii) All other officers in BPS-17 and above, including officers ofarmed forces having equivalent ranks proceeding abroad on
diplomatic assignments and having diplomatic status for theduration of their posting or other short term assignments
abroad.
(v)

Pakistan nationals holding following offices in internationalorganisations:(i)

President of the UN General Assembly;(ii) President of the Specialised Agencies of the UN such as
WHO, ILO, FAO, etc;

PART II]THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 425 (25)(iii) Executive Heads of the Secretariat of such autonomous andsubsidiary organisations of the UN General Assembly as haveacquired eminence like WTO, UNIDO etc;(iv) Directors representing Pakistan in the IBRD, IMF and the
Asian Development Bank;(v)

President & Vice-Presidents of the World Bank and Managing
Director & Directors of IMF;

(vi) Officers holding the rank of Assistant Secretary General andabove in the UN secretariat and its Specialised Agencies;(vii) Secretary Generals ECO, SAARC and OIC Secretariats; and(viii) Executive Director of the Islamic Development Bank:
Provided that diplomatic passports shall be held by the above categories
of persons so long as they hold the prescribed offices. If they cease to hold suchoffices they may be required to surrender the diplomatic passports within 30-daysof ceasing to hold their offices except items at serial numbers (a) to (d) of theitem (1) of this schedule.
(2) Spouses of diplomatic passport holders.—Spouses of diplomatic
passport holders shall be entitled for diplomatic passport. He or she will holddiplomatic passport as long as his or her spouse retains the prescribed office.
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SCHEDULE – V[See Rule 7 (d)]Ordinary gratis passport.—Such passports shall be issued to thefollowing categories of persons;a.

Diplomatic passport holder may be issued ordinary gratis passport
valid for five years after surrendering of Diplomatic passport to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs;b.

One or more than one servant, subject to entitlement, to accompany
or join the persons mentioned at para-1 (item v) of schedule-IV;

c.

Non-Officials whose visit to foreign countries have been sponsoredby a provincial or the Federal Government for a period of one year
validity; and425 (26) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., FEBRUARY 14, 2022 [PART IId.

Holders of valid Foreign Exchange Remittance Card issued byOverseas Pakistanis Foundation for five years;e.

Taxpayer Privileges or Honor Card issued by Federal Board of
Revenue for five years;f.

Boys Scouts travelling in uniform to overseas scouts gatherings,
provided that, their applications for passports are forwarded by the
National Headquarters of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association.
Such passports should be of restricted period of validity and to be
returned to the issuing authority for cancellation on return of scouts
contingent.

[F. No. 1/3/2021-Pass (P&C).]

SYED ALI HUSNAIN,
Section Officer (P&C).

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