E-passport fees: Interior ministry rebuffs rumours.

ISLAMABAD -- The Federal Interior Ministry on Saturday rebuffed the rumors regarding the increase in machine-readable passport fees, media reported.

In a statement, Interior Ministry spokesperson termed the reports of an increase in machine-readable passport fees 'baseless', saying that the government has not increased any fee.

Furthermore, the spokesperson said that the Immigration and Passport Department had recently fixed the fee for e-passports, while simple passport fees are the same as before.

It is pertinent to mention here that two weeks ago, the federal government issued the fee schedule for the issuance of e-passports in Pakistan.

As per the details, the fee schedule was issued for diplomatic, official, and ordinary categories.

Initially, the e-passports will be issued only from Islamabad. The date for the...