Ishaq Dar came to know about the cancellation of his passport through media after a letter dated September 6, 2018 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to DG Immigration and Passports was leaked, containing the direction to cancel his diplomatic passport.
After a channel reported that Dar has applied for asylum, a source confirmed, "Ishaq Dar recently visited the Home Office in order to update the authorities about his current status and to explain his situation after having been left stateless post-cancellation of his passport by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's government."