Overview
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched an evening shift for consular services on Monday, extending continuous weekday hours to 8:00am–8:00pm at its Islamabad headquarters.
- Officials published a public notice and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced the change on X to confirm the new schedule and explain the operational rollout.
- The extended hours cover passport processing, document attestation, verification and related consular functions that previously ran only during standard government hours.
- The public notice sets token-issuing windows for the morning and evening shifts to manage queues and reduce waiting times for applicants.
- Officials say the change is an administrative move to make services more citizen-focused and convenient, which could lower travel and time costs for working people and the Pakistani diaspora while preserving existing consular policies.