ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani cabinet on Tuesday approved a new visa policy for Afghan citizens, including students and businessmen, as well as a new health visa, prime minister Imran Khan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, said.
“Cabinet has approved new Visa Policy for Afghan citizens,” the envoy said in a tweet. “Acquiring visas will be easy for Afghan visitors with multiple entry visit visas and long term business, investment and student visas. A new category of health visa is also introduced which will be issued on border.”
Sadiq said the Pakistan embassy and consulates in Afghanistan would resume issuing visas immediately.
The new visa scheme was announced hours before PM Khan is set to meet Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan who arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day visit.
