KARACHI: The Ministry of Aviation has directed the airport authorities throughout the nation in opposition to physique looking of serving judges and their spouses on the directive of the Supreme Court docket, Geo Information reported on Sunday.

The Ministry of Aviation has directed the Airport Safety Power (ASF) director basic to exempt the judges together with the chief justice of Pakistan and their spouses from physique search at airports.

“[…] Secretary Aviation has been happy to exempt spouses of serving judges and Chief Justice of Supreme Court docket of Pakistan from physique search in any respect airports,” learn a notification issued by the aviation ministry, dated October 12.

On December 16, The Information reported that Pakistan was in talks with a United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm for putting in e-gates on the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad airports for self-immigration companies just like developed international locations.

Airport sources had stated the set up of e-gates at Karachi’s Jinnah Worldwide Airport, Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Airport and Islamabad Worldwide Airport was into consideration to expedite the immigration service for passengers of developed international locations.

Just like the airports of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dubai and different developed international locations, passengers on the three main airports of Pakistan would be capable to keep away from the effort of queues and can be capable to simply sail by means of the automated self-service immigration limitations.

Based on the immigration sources, solely the passengers having an e-passport will be capable to use the e-gates facility.