KUWAIT: Director General of Public Authority for Civil information (PACI) Musaed Al-Asousi announced yesterday that 105,000 civil IDs of nationals were issued by August 20. Civil IDs of nationals now are issued in 24 hours in case they do not have any issuance restrictions, or major references like changing the home addresses, he said.

He also added that PACI issued 26,000 IDs for domestic workers this past weekend, to reach a total of 115,000 cards since resumption of work July 5. The cards are distributed through PACI branches. PACI issued 190,000 IDs for expatriates since July 5 to reach 410,000 cards, he affirmed.

The 'Haweyati' smartphone application can be used instead of physical civil IDs in many governmental and private sector transactions, along with authentication and electronic signature, he said. Asousi thanked all PACI workers for their relentless efforts, working for 12 hours daily to fulfill these achievements in 40 working days. - KUNA