The Pakistani Foreign Ministry website and the Associated Press of Pakistan have announced the launch of an online apostille service in the Islamic Republic. The service is said to be available from September 11, 2024.
The service is available exclusively to Pakistani citizens, as it can only be used with a Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC). To start the procedure, you must enter your first name, last name, email address, CNIC and a special password on the MFA website.
Official Islamabad has not yet made any additional statements regarding the content of the new service. There are no comments on this issue in the local media either.
Schmidt & Schmidt previously wrote that Pakistan is currently undergoing large-scale changes in the field of document legalization. The Apostille Convention officially entered into force for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on March 9, 2023. However, at first, official Islamabad could not decide on the apostille procedure for a long time, and then the residents of the republic faced corruption - huge queues, due to which it was possible to certify documents only through intermediaries at inflated prices. Therefore, official Islamabad launched a large-scale reform. The Pakistani authorities completely eliminated the pre-registration system and announced that documents can be certified with an apostille in special legalization centers. Later, they introduced a service for delivering documents for apostille through authorized courier companies. Against the backdrop of the launch of the new apostille scheme, a ceremonial event was held, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar. Other officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Information Technology and the National Information Technology Council also attended the event. Speaking at the ceremony, Dar expressed the government's commitment to improving the quality of public services in the country. He urged his subordinates to be more proactive in this regard.
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