All 20 immigration departure counters have been activated at Jinnah International Airport to facilitate smoother passenger movement, officials announced on Saturday.
Deputy Director of Immigration Shehzad Akbar said full staffing at the counters during peak hours has reduced average immigration clearance time to nearly one minute per passenger.
He added that a pre-departure clearance counter is also operational, allowing travelers to complete immigration procedures days before their flight to avoid last-minute delays.
Authorities said upcoming improvements include the installation of e-gates and the launch of a dedicated mobile app to further streamline passenger departures.
Officials also noted that recent measures by the Airport Security Force have limited the entry of non-travelers to outside the departure area, helping manage congestion.
During peak travel hours, some domestic lounge counters are temporarily allocated for international departures to provide airlines with additional boarding space.
Authorities say these steps are part of broader efforts to improve passenger experience and modernize airport services in Karachi.
Thr above information is not correct. Passengers waiting more than one hour to get immigration. The process is very slow and manpower is less than required. The PAA shall increase (double) the number of counters and FIA shall increase the manpower in manner that each passenger get through immigration within 20 minutes. Appraising ASF is to pleased the powerful authority which nothing to do with immigration process instead.
The bottleneck starts from outside where only one guy standing outside is checking passports and letting people go in. May be they need to put 3 people per entrance as well. All depts should have a target of sec/min per passenger.
Plus introduce a charge for each person who visits to drop a passenger. Apply Rs. 1000 per person fee if more than 1 person per car came to drop a passenger. Charge this fee at the exit.
Same applies for arrival. Should make it faster to process arrivals.
The actual hurdle was the corruption not the less number of counters. Now more 20 counters can hold people longer to bribe.