Pakistanis await passport as country runs out of lamination paper

Thousands of people in Pakistan looking to travel abroad are facing difficulties since the country's Directorate General of Immigration and Passports (DGI&P) is unable to process passports due to a lamination paper shortage. The country relies on imports of lamination paper from France, and the current scarcity has resulted in a backlog of unprinted passports to the tune of lakhs amid a sharp increase in applications for new passports.