Foreign minister joins the chorus in pledging to ease passport woes

Officials say the number of fresh passport books available with the department is depleting fast as 6,000 copies are printed daily.

On Wednesday, newly-appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs Bimala Rai Paudyal held a meeting with senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Passports on how to ease the passport application and receiving process given that the number of service seekers at the passport department continues to increase.