page_title: Pakistani passport
section_title: Physical appearance
hierarchical_section_title: Pakistani passport / Physical appearance
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of a Pakistani passport. "This passport is valid for all countries of the world except Israel."
context_page_description: Pakistani passports are issued to Pakistani citizens for the purpose of international travel. They are issued by the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports of the Ministry of Interior from regional passport offices and Pakistani embassies. Since January 2014, Pakistani passports have been valid for 5 or 10 years. Under Pakistani law, Pakistani passports are not valid for travel to Israel.
  Pakistani passports are machine-readable and biometric. Until 2004, Pakistani passports had the bearers particulars written by hand, with the passport picture glued to the cover page. Since 2004, passports have identity information printed on both front and back cover ends. Both of these pages are laminated to prevent modification. In 2004, Pakistan began issuing biometric passports which, however, were not compliant with ICAO standards because they did not carry the "chip inside" symbol. Pakistani passports are printed in DGIP headquarters in Islamabad.
context_section_description: Ordinary Pakistani passports have a deep green cover with golden-colored content. The Emblem of Pakistan is emblazoned in the center of the front cover. The words 'Islamic Republic of Pakistan' (English) are inscribed above the emblem and 'Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان‎', 'Urdu: پاسپورٹ‎' and 'Passport' (English) are inscribed below the emblem. The standard passport contains 36 pages, but frequent travelers can apply for a passport containing 72 or 100 pages.
caption: Pakistani passports contain a note that the passport cannot be used for travel to Israel
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