PM directs Interior Ministry to ensure availability of passports abroad

      ISLAMABAD, July 8 (APP): Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf
Sunday directed Senior Advisor on Interior Rehman Malik to ensure
availability of Machine Readable Passports at the earliest in
countries with large Pakistani diaspora.
      The Prime Minister directed the Advisor following demand of a
large number of Pakistanis living abroad.
      The Advisor apprised the Prime Minister of the law and order
situation in the country in general and of Balochistan and Karachi
in particular.