TAXILA: The local administration has launched a computerised automated domicile system with a one-window operation facility for issuing the certificate to applicants the same day.

“There will be a one-window operation and people seeking to get their domiciles will get them on the same day on which they applied after submission of all the necessary documents,” said Assistant Commissioner Fazail Mudassir while briefing newsmen about the system in Hassanabdal on Tuesday.

He said that this was a step forward for the issuance of domiciles to the people of Hassanabdal tehsil in a hassle-free environment while all services and facilities will directly be monitored by Punjab Information Technology Board Lahore to ensure transparency.

He added that the one-window operation would spare precious time of applicants, mostly students.

Responding to a question, he said that the new system would make the process efficient and user-friendly, and would have zero chances of duplication or fake domicile issuance.

The verification, he said, would be done online as well. The domicile, he said, would be issued the same day when one would apply for it.

The best advantage of the computerised and automated system would be verification, record-keeping and a proper backup.

“There won’t be any duplication of domicile in future,” he added. He said the licences of two stamp vendors were cancelled after they were found guilty in an inquiry conducted by officials of the local administration and the revenue department of unnecessary delays in the issuance of e-stamp paper to the applicants for domiciles.

Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2022