E-gates have been announced to be installed at major airports of the country. In the first phase, e-gates will be installed at Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore airports.
After the installation of e-gate, passengers will not have to stand in long queues for boarding passes but will be able to get boarding cards by scanning their passports and tickets through e-gate themselves.
E-Gates uses the data contained in the biometric passport chip, and passengers undergo biometric verification using a combination of faces, fingerprints, iris identification or a set of procedures.
On the other hand, at the beginning of the new year, Pakistani visas were made completely online and all foreigners seeking visas will now be able to submit online applications.
