ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of the UAE, Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Al Zaabi, called on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar here and briefed him on the steps being taken to streamline the visa processes for Pakistani nationals including augmentation of human resource.
Both the dignitaries discussed areas of cooperation between Pakistan and the UAE.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Ambassador Al Zaabi also discussed visa issues for Pakistani nationals, whereas the streamlining efforts would cut the delays and expedite the visa processing.
Earlier, the government had said that during their interactions with the UAE government, the subject of issuing visas to Pakistanis was an important agenda item.
Recently, either delays or outright rejection of the UAE visas for Pakistanis had been making headlines, but Islamabad had continuously rejected these reports.
Nearly every week during the media briefings at the Foreign Office, the issue of UAE visas and large number of Pakistanis in the UAE jails had been raised, but the spokeswoman rejected the impression that the UAE had put in place a ban on issuing visas to Pakistani nationals and fresh restrictions had been placed by the UAE government.
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Pakistan said that granting visas to an individual was the sovereign right and decision of the country concerned.
