ISLAMABAD: Oman on Thursday suspended until further notice air travel from 24 countries, including Pakistan and India, the Sultanate’s pandemic response body said.
The other countries in the list are India, Bangladesh, Ghana, Tunisia, Lebanon, Brunei, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Iran, Argentina, Brazil, Sudan, Iraq, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Colombia, Nigeria, Libya.
The flight curbs have been introduced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus into the country’s borders, as all of the countries on the list are currently tackling outbreaks caused by the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus.
“Arrivals to the Sultanate from 24 countries have been suspended until further notice in order to preserve the safety of everyone and prevent the spread of the coronavirus,” the Gulf state’s coronavirus task force tweeted.
The country of 5 million has reported 1,824 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 278,560 with 3,339 deaths.
Nearly 40 percent of Oman’s population are expatriates, coming mostly from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and other countries on the travel ban list.
Oman suspends travel from 24 countries, including Pakistan, India
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Oman suspends travel from 24 countries, including Pakistan, India
- Flight curbs introduced until further notice to prevent the spread of the coronavirus into Sultanate’s borders
- All countries on the list are currently tackling outbreaks caused by highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus
Pakistan PM heads to Davos to push dialogue in divided world, court investors
- Shehbaz Sharif will participate in the World Economic Forum’s gathering of economic leaders
- He will also highlight Pakistan’s economic vision, trade prospects and investment opportunities
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Tuesday, where he is expected to push dialogue in an increasingly divided world while courting foreign leaders and investors as Pakistan seeks to build on recent economic stabilization, an official statement said.
Held in Davos-Klosters, the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting is among the world’s most prestigious global platforms, bringing together heads of state and government, senior business executives, leaders of international organizations and civil society to debate geopolitical, economic, social and environmental challenges.
“Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will lead a high-level delegation to the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from 20 to 22 January 2026,” the foreign office said in a statement.
“The Prime Minister’s program includes multiple substantive engagements, including participation in the WEF’s Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders’ session on ‘Restoring a Spirit of Dialogue in a Divided World,’” it added.
Pakistan has repeatedly called for multilateralism and adherence to the United Nations Charter and international law, cautioning against the growing resort to force as global conflicts multiply and tensions simmer across regions.
Sharif is also expected to hold meetings with world leaders and business executives on the sidelines of the forum, where he will outline Pakistan’s views on global and regional peace and highlight the government’s economic vision, trade prospects and investment opportunities.
The visit comes as Pakistan looks to attract foreign investment and shift toward export-led growth after emerging from a prolonged economic crisis that depleted foreign exchange reserves, strained its balance of payments and sharply weakened the currency.
The government says macroeconomic indicators have improved, an assessment echoed by global credit rating agencies, as the country continues structural reforms under a $7 billion program with the International Monetary Fund.
