{"id":14850,"date":"2022-06-13T04:59:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T04:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=14850"},"modified":"2022-06-13T04:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T04:59:50","slug":"transit-visas-to-help-afghan-citizens-complete-paperwork-for-onward-travel-pm-shehbaz-sharif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=14850&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Transit visas to help Afghan citizens complete paperwork for onward travel: PM Shehbaz Sharif"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urges \u201cinternational community\u201d to lend a helping hand to the people of Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Says new Afghan visa policy is part of govt efforts to continue helping Afghan brothers and sisters in their hour of need.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Under new policy, Government of Pakistan would issue 30-day transit visas to Afghan citizens within 24 hours.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-cnvs-separator-id-1655096157123\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif observed on Sunday that the granting of transit visas to Afghan citizens \u201cwill help them complete paperwork for onward travel\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNew Afghan visa policy by our government is part of our efforts to continue helping our Afghan brothers and sisters in their hour of need,\u201d tweeted the premier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The premier urged the \u201cinternational community\u201d to lend a helping hand to the people of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A day earlier, the Head of PM\u2019s Strategic Reforms Initiatives Salman Sufi had said the premier had approved a new transit visa policy for the Afghan immigrant citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking notice of the issues faced by the Afghan citizens and illegal immigration, the prime minister had accorded his nod to the new policy of issuance of on-arrival-visa to Afghan citizens going abroad through Pakistan, the PM Office Media Wing had said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his Twitter handle, Sufi posted, \u201cTaking notice of issues faced by Afghan citizens, at the request of Rana Sanaullah, PM Shehbaz has approved on arrival visa for Afghan refugees who need to pass thru [through] Pakistan to reach their destination country which has approved their immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sufi further said that under the new policy, the Government of Pakistan would issue 30-day transit visas to Afghan citizens within 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those countries that had granted immigration to Afghan citizens could apply for transit visas from Pakistan, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urges \u201cinternational community\u201d to lend a helping hand 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