LONDON - British Prime Minister has directed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to immediately deal with the issue of the loss of hundreds of Pakistani passports by British High Commission in Islamabad and the Home Office. In a letter written to Association of Pakistani Lawyers Gordon Brown thanked the Chairman Barrister Amjad Malik for his representations and enclosures on the lost passports issues and said that he had directed the FCO to reply directly to the APL regarding the matter. Earlier, APL chairman wrote to the British Prime Minister expressing concern over hundreds of Pakistani passports which had been lost by the British High Commission a few months ago. The Association of Pakistani Lawyers (APL) asked British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to address the issue, saying there were fears that the passports could be used by Indians against Pakistan. APL in its letter to Brown, requested him to initiate an inquiry into the issue, so that the travel documents are not used by 'third parties having Indian links. The letter said that considering the thorny Indo-Pak relations it had become more important to locate the lost documents. APL Chairman Amjad Malik, through the letter, also raised questions over the British Government decision to rope in private agencies in visa processing. 'It further created risks of losing identity documents as documents were being collected by A, passports were with B, and decision was being made by C, which was not only disproportionate but unreasonable and procedurally flawed, The Nation earlier quoted Malik, as saying. Fears are that misplacing the passports could cost the British High Commission dearly, as these passports could land in wrong hands who could use them for 'terror attacks and or criminal activity across the world. Response is awaited from Foreign and Commonwealth Office in next few weeks.