§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Gulfraz Khan of Bradford applied to the post in Islamabad for a replacement of his British passport lost while travelling in Pakistan; when the post asked the Liverpool passport office for verification details; when his passport was handed into the post in Karachi; whether a new passport has been collected by Gulfraz Khan; and why no temporary travel document was issued to Gulfraz Khan to enable him to return to school in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 16 January 1992]An application for a replacement passport was made to the British high commission at Islamabad on behalf of Gulfraz Khan on 27 October 1991. Liverpool passport office was asked for verification of details of his lost passport on 28 October 1991. The British deputy high commissioner at Karachi advised Islamabad on 4 November 1991 that Gulfraz Khan's lost passport had been recovered, and arranged the same day for its dispatch to Islamabad by safe means. Mrs. Samina Akhtar, Gulfraz Khan's mother, collected his new passport from the high commission on 16 January. At no time did the family request the issue of emergency passport facilities to enable Gulfraz Khan to return to school in this country.