Number of Passports Issued During 9 months in 2016

Department of Immigration and Emigration statistics revealed  that  423,066 new passports have been issued within the first nine months of this year by the Accordingly, 132,705 new passports were issued to Middle Eastern countries,   while 269,647 new passports were issued to other countries during the same period. Some 283 new diplomatic passports were also issued during the same period. Further, the department had made amendments to 54,761 passports.