New Delhi: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was today issued a passport by the Government that is valid for nine months, two months after his application was rejected on the grounds of incomplete information.

"Geelani has been issued a short-duration passport with nine months validity," official sources told PTI. An official in the Regional Passport Office(RPO) in Srinagar also said that the Hurriyat leader was today issued a passport. Geelani's application for a passport was rejected in May on the grounds of incomplete information provided to the government.