--- title: "Pakistan to discontinue machine-readable passports and shift to e-passports within a month" description: "Most outlets led with the announcement that Pakistan will stop issuing machine-readable passports and transition to e-passports within a month, citing the interior ministry. Geo News included a reference to a representative image and a Twitter handle, while ProPakistani provided a slightly more detailed description of the shift. Both framed the change as a government decision without additional context or commentary." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14880-pakistan-announces-timeline-for-complete-shift-to-e site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan to discontinue machine-readable passports and shift to e-passports within a month pakistan · updated 17 Oct 2026, 4:35 PM PKT · 17 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the announcement that Pakistan will stop issuing machine-readable passports and transition to e-passports within a month, citing the interior ministry. Geo News included a reference to a representative image and a Twitter handle, while ProPakistani provided a slightly more detailed description of the shift. Both framed the change as a government decision without additional context or commentary. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ProPakistani** — [Pakistan Announces Timeline for Complete Shift to E-Passports](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/17/pakistan-announces-timeline-for-complete-shift-to-e-passports/) · 17 Oct 2026, 4:35 PM PKT > The federal government has decided to discontinue the issuance of machine-readable passports (MRPs) within a month and fully shift to… Read More - **Geo News** — [Pakistan to roll out e-passports within a month: ministry](https://www.geo.tv/latest/686964-pakistan-to-roll-out-e-passports-within-a-month-ministry) · 17 Oct 2026, 12:40 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > A representative image of the Pakistani passport. — X/@DGIPofficialThe government has decided to discontinue Machine Readable Passports and replace them with electronic passports , the interior ministry has informed the National Assembly.Responding to MNA Malik... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Pakistan begins issuing e-passports at home and abroad](https://harzaviya.com/stories/16076-pakistan-ends-issuance-of-machine-readable-passports) · 25 Oct 2026 · 7 outlets · 3 developments · 86% related - [Pakistan to stop issuing machine-readable passports from October 15](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11286-pakistan-to-stop-issuing-machine-readable-passports) · 29 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 86% related - [Pakistan to stop issuing machine-readable passports from October 15](https://harzaviya.com/stories/10356-pakistan-to-stop-issuing-machine-readable-passports) · 24 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 86% related - [Pakistan revises deadline for mandatory e-passport issuance to October 23, 2026](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15362-pakistan-extends-deadline-for-mandatory-e-passport-issuance) · 21 Oct 2026 · 6 outlets · 2 developments · 84% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 17 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.