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Citizens being held at the airport despite valid visas

It has included Pakistan in its Student Direct Stream programme

Lying could have ‘serious consequences’

Pakistan hasn’t renewed the visa of Bangladesh envoy

The Foreign Office spokesperson announced this on Friday

The country has updated its visa requirements

Two shooters and a coach were denied visas to attend the shooting World Cup

The Kingdom has reduced visit visa fees

He locked them inside a room and barricaded the door

The US government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States, according to a State Department filing on Friday The proposal, if approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), would require most immigrant and non-immigrant visa applicants to list all social media identities they…

  PHOTO: FILE Reporting by Tariq Mehmood ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed dismay at India’s refusal to grant visa to more than 500 Pakistani pilgrims seeking to take part in the Urs of a Sufi saint. The 10-day Urs rituals at Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti bega on March 19. “Pakistan notes with deep disappointment the non-issuance…

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said on arrival visa facility would help attract investors and tourists towards Pakistan. We desire to make Pakistan a “tourist friendly country” and such measures will promote tourism, besides attracting foreign investors, he said while talking to a private news channel. “Qatar had already announced its policy and…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has issued visas to the mother and wife of convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to visit Islamabad. Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal confirmed the issuance of visa to Jadhav’s family on Twitter. Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family is expected to arrive in Pakistan this Saturday. At a meeting on…

ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan Government needs to take urgent steps for eradication of poppy cultivation, law enforcement, provision of alternative livelihoods, and public information campaigns to end the production of opium in line with International Drug Conventions. Spokesperson of Foreign Office Muhammad Faisal responding to a query during the weekly media briefing said that Pakistan had…

MANCHESTER: The United States and other countries hoping to host the 2026 World Cup should provide government guarantees on visa-free travel plus work permit and tax exemptions for their bids to be accepted, according to documents published by FIFA on Tuesday. The U.S wants to host the 2026 tournament in a joint bid with Canada…

SYDNEY: Australia’s lawmakers have rejected legislation that would tighten citizenship and foreign worker visa rules, a blow to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull who had sought to stop a loss of his support base to far-right political parties. In April, Turnbull said Australia would abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with…

DOHA: Pakistan has been added to the list of 80 countries whose nationals will be able to travel to Qatar and obtain a visa on arrival. Qatar Airways website stated that in order to be issued the visa on arrival, Pakistani nationals would have to show their passport valid for up till 6 months from…

NEWS DESK: India decided on Sunday to grant visa to a 25-year-old Pakistani cancer patient who is due to travel across the border for treatment. “Thanks for your greetings on India’s Independence day. We are giving you the visa for your treatment in India,” Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj wrote on Twitter responding to…

NEWS DESK: Sharjeel Inam Memon was working as the marketing manager of a company in UAE while he was Sindh’s information minister, it emerged on Tuesday. An image of Sharjeel’s passport began circulating on some WhatsApp groups on Tuesday. People shared the image of social media, making jokes about him being a marketing manager. The…

NEWS DESK: A Pakistani woman suffering from cancer has pleaded Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for help after her medical visa application was rejected by the Indian Embassy. Faiza Tanveer is suffering from a recurrent ameloblastoma, an oral tumour that is aggressive in nature. Eid Mubarak. ईद मुबारक. — Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 26,…