pittabread said:
very ture nizami, we must send this email. there is nothing to loose in any case. it won't harm any body...
i am waiting for more people to come and join so we can send this email.
thx
Sorry FOLKS, I may be a misfit in this thread as I did not apply from Pakistan, however, I am a Pakistani and applied from KSA. I have come across quite a few Pakistanis who got the PPR in the last and this month and few of them also got their visas. I believe it is perhaps to do with the folks applying from within Pakistan and not being a Pakistani. I applied in May of 2007 and waiting for the PPR till today.
I hope that things will be good ensallah for all of us. As far as raising this issue to the government is concerned, it would bear no fruit as our government is not facilitating some very basic of diplomatic needs for Pakistanis abroad let alone Pakistanis in Pakistan. Pakistan government mandated the MRP *Sorry FOLKS, I might be a misfit in this thread as I did not apply from Pakistan, however, I am a Pakistani and applied from KSA. I do not know but I have come across quite a few of Pakistanis who got the PPR in the last month and few of them also got their visas. I believe it is perhaps to do with the folks applying from within Pakistan and not being a Pakistani. I applied in May of 2007 and waiting for the PPR till today.
I hope that things will be good ensallah for all of us. As far as raising this issue to the government is concerned, it would bear no fruit as our government is not facilitating some very basic of diplomatic needs for Pakistanis abroad let alone Pakistanis in Pakistan.
Pakistani government mandated the any new passport would MRP(machine readable), however, it only extended to the major cities in ksa. I live in a prominent city of ksa and a consulate comes here every 15 days, but it is now for three months that they stopped issuing passport and insisting people to come to either Riyadh or Jeddah. In my place, Riyadh is 400 KM an Jeddah is 1300 KM. You can imagine how difficult it is to go this distance to have your passport renewed and then it won't be the same day. The urgent passport will take minimum 10 if not more.
Just sharing an example of Pakistani government comforting people.