> they can reasonably assume that everyone in that remote village is a Pakistani citizen

absolutely not! we have had massive migrations both from India (after independence) and Afghanistan (after the russian occupation). This is NOT a given.

Things have NOT been easy... and in fact dare I say, our ID department is rather dumb and stupid. I personally have had MULTIPLE issues with them.

But we have been doing SOMETHING, and the fact that the US doesn't... is insane.