Tauqeer Sadiq was issued Blue passport

[Bratva]

Ministry of Interior higher ups pressurized Assistant director Yaqoob who is incharge of renewing Blue passports to renew his blue passports for 5 years

It is against the rules to issue blue diplomatic passports to contract employees and 5 year renewal of blue passport is only done to the passports of Minister of foreign affairs or Secretary foreign affairs

@Leader @nuclearpak @Argus Panoptes

 

[Jango]

There is no doubt about that. Of course he went out of country through some sort of hanky panky.

 

[Leader]

sab milay howe hain BC !

 

[SBD-3]

Ministry of Interior higher ups pressurized Assistant director Yaqoob who is incharge of renewing Blue passports to renew his blue passports for 5 years

It is against the rules to issue blue diplomatic passports to contract employees and 5 year renewal of blue passport is only done to the passports of Minister of foreign affairs or Secretary foreign affairs

@Leader @nuclearpak @Argus Panoptes

I think Blue is official passport, diplomatic passport is red.

 

[Al Bhatti]

Official Passport:

Official passports are issued to Pakistani Nationals who are Senators, MNAs, Provincial Ministers, Judges of the Supreme/High Courts, Officers serving with the Governments proceeding abroad on official assignments etc. in pursuance of Para-9 of Passport & Visa Manual, 2006.

Diplomatic Passport:

Diplomatic passports are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan; to the Diplomats and other entitled categories in pursuance of Para-45 of Passport & Visa Manual, 2006.

Directorate General of Immigration & Passports, Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan

 

[Mav3rick]

I think Blue is official passport, diplomatic passport is red.

Correct.

However, TS could not have been issued a diplomatic passport. He could have been issued an official Passport.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

Ministry of Interior higher ups pressurized Assistant director Yaqoob who is incharge of renewing Blue passports to renew his blue passports for 5 years

It is against the rules to issue blue diplomatic passports to contract employees and 5 year renewal of blue passport is only done to the passports of Minister of foreign affairs or Secretary foreign affairs.............

@Leader @nuclearpak @Argus Panoptes

I think that the rules allow for a blue official passport to a contract employee if he/she is deemed to be traveling abroad as part of his official duties. However, any renewal requires that the duty for which the person is abroad continues for that period of time. Otherwise a new green passport is issued. Something is not right here I think.

 

[Al Bhatti]

This is how he got it

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May 30, 2013

Startling revelations: 2,000 blue passports sold illegally for vast sums

At least 2,000 blue passports were allegedly either sold to influential people at a hefty price ranging between Rs1.5 million and Rs2 million each or issued to undeserving officials between July 2010 and February 2013, the Express Investigation Cell (EIC) has learnt.

Sources said a powerful ‘gang’ comprising of at least one former federal minister, many senior officials of the Ministry of Interior and Directorate General of Immigration and Passports allegedly made billions out of the sale of diplomatic Pakistani passports.

Despite the practice coming into light at least once in 2012, the gang continued with its business. The Federal Investigation Agency and other agencies were unwilling to probe the case since the top officials of the interior division were a party to the illegal practice.

The sale of the blue passports started in 2010 and it continued unabated till February 2013, when a group of three individuals from Sialkot were detained at Lahore airport by immigration authorities for failing to present a no objection certificate. The detained individuals told immigration authorities they were not government officials, but rather they purchased the diplomatic passports for Rs2 million each.

Authorities immediately reported the findings to senior officials in Islamabad and it was finally referred to the FIA for a thorough inquiry which never occurred. However, a change of guard at the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports in March 2013 brought the issue into the limelight once again.

When contacted, Director General Directorate General Immigration and Passports Zulfiqar Cheema said, “At this point in time I can confirm that investigations are underway into the case and we have recommended in writing to the interior division to cancel 2,000 passports issued to private individuals by the [former] PPP regime.”

Cheema has also suspended at least 12 officials of different grades of his directorate in connection with the scam.

Raids at regional offices are also being conducted to check records to evaluate the exact number of the passports issued to undeserving individuals.

It is generally believed that a vast majority that purchased the blue passports has already left Pakistan and the cancellation of their passports is a futile exercise.

Startling revelations: 2,000 blue passports sold illegally for vast sums – The Express Tribune

 

[RazorMC]

Is there no check on how many blue or red passports are issued by the GoP and is there no limit on the number ??