Dubai: Pakistan has reduced the delivery time for ordinary passports to 14 days and announced a nationwide shift to a fully cashless payment system at passport offices, in a move aimed at easing delays and curbing the influence of middlemen. The decisions were taken on Thursday during a high-level meeting chaired by Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry in Islamabad. “We have reduced the delivery time for normal passports from 21 days to 14 days,” Naqvi said, adding that the new timeline has come into effect immediately. In a parallel reform, the government has directed all passport offices to eliminate cash transactions within 15 days. Officials say the transition is designed to improve transparency and end the role of agents who often charge extra fees for expedited processing. “Eliminating cash payments will end the agent mafia and facilitate citizens,” Naqvi believed.…