Pakistan, India resume visa issuance to each other’s diplomats

Pakistan and India, after a break of more than two years, have resumed the provision of work visas to each other’s diplomats, Report informs referring to The Express Tribune.

Pakistan and India have issued a large number of assignment visas to each other’s diplomatic staff in recent weeks.

Both countries have issued visas on all applications submitted by March 15 this year.

Pakistan issued visas to 33 Indian officials, while seven Pakistani diplomats received assignment visas from India.

Sources said there was a possibility of an agreement between Pakistan and India to issue visas on assignment applications by June 15.

The two countries are likely to issue more visas to each other’s diplomats after that.

In January this year, top intelligence officers from the two countries held secret talks in Dubai, reopening a back channel of diplomacy aimed at a modest roadmap to normalizing ties over the next several months.