ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi Friday said that an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based application will be launched to curb illegal immigration and clamp down on fake travel documents.
He said the new system would be started as a pilot project in January. He said this while co-chairing a meeting with Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Chaudhry Salik Hussain, where the two reviewed “immigration reforms” aimed at curbing illegal immigration and improving the country’s image at the world level.
The Interior Minister said the AI-based app would help authorities determine “who is fit to travel and who is not”.
Illegal immigration
He said the step has been taken to curb illegal immigration adding zero tolerance would be adopted against fake visas and agent mafias.
During the meeting, it was decided to clamp down on those travelling abroad on forged documents and to launch a crackdown on elements and agent networks involved in the business of fake visas.
The interior minister told the meeting that the system for issuing Protectors (emigration clearances for Pakistanis going abroad on work visas) would be made foolproof.
He warned that after the passports of deported individuals are cancelled, the government would ensure they do not get a visa again.
Naqvi said that a uniform international driving licence would be issued by the National Police Bureau.
He said the government was in contact with other countries to improve the ranking of the green passport as he warned that people going abroad through improper means were damaging the country’s reputation.
