Pakistan, Feb. 24 -- The federal government has begun steps to streamline the legal documentation process for more than 3,000 Pakistanis living in Spain, aiming to facilitate the issuance of Spanish Resident Cards for members of the Pakistani community.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Salik Hussain jointly chaired a high-level meeting in the federal capital, attended by senior officials, including Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry and the heads of Nadra and the FIA, to finalise a policy framework to support Pakistanis seeking legal status in Spain.

In a major procedural change, the meeting decided to replace multiple local documents with a single, unified national character certificate, whic...