Pakistan
Kuwait decides to restore visas for Pakistanis
Kuwait after a gap of 10 years on Sunday has decided to restore granting visas to Pakistani citizens.
According to details, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Sunday called on Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamid Al-Sabah after which the Western Asia country decided to grant family and business visas to Pakistani nationals.
After the decision, Pakistanis living in the Gulf countries will now be able to come to Kuwait with an online visa.
Earlier, Kuwait had stopped issuing visas to Pakistan and four other countries in 2011 “over what it said was difficult security conditions in the five countries”.
In series of Tweets, Interior Minister said, Kuwait will immediately recommence granting family and business visas to Pakistani nationals.
There will be no restriction on visas for Pakistani professionals in the medical and oil sectors, said the interior minister in a Tweet.
He added that the trade between the two countries will increase after the resumption of business visas.
The minister also gave the Kuwaiti premier a special letter from Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The Prime Minister of Kuwait has said that the relations between Pakistan and Kuwait span over seven decades and there is a relationship of love and trust between the people of Pakistan and Kuwait.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that relations between Pakistan and Kuwait are long-lasting and are based on the principle of brotherhood and love.
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that restoration of worker visa would create new employment opportunities for Pakistanis and will boost trade between the two countries.
“Pakistanis consider Kuwait as their second home. Pakistani families and the business community faced many problems due to the Kuwaiti visa ban. Pakistani labour has a very important role to play in the early development of Kuwait.”
In July last year, Pakistan and Kuwait signed a government-to-government agreement for 600 Pakistani health care professionals to work in Kuwait, upon the request of the Gulf state, where coronavirus infections and fatalities were surging.