The country is Pakistan. He went to the passport office and it was made clear that a new passport would be made after his resignation from current job is accepted. He would no longer be a government employee and they will issue a new passport. There is nothing we can do about it even if it doesn't make sense. We thought they would change the information from the database, not issue a whole new passport.
It seemed a bit confusing since it would be his first entry into the country. I hope no problems arise