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No visa on arrival

B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD: India does not figure in the list of 27 countries whose businessmen are eligible for the `Visa on Arrival' (VOA) facility in Pakistan.

The Directorate General, Immigration & Passports, Ministry of Interior Affairs, said on Monday it would establish facilitation desks at all international airports for issuing visas to businessmen. This was aimed at boosting foreign investment, it said.

Exclusion of India from the list is a continuation of the Government's policy to discourage investment from India until the Kashmir issue is resolved.

If valid documents were produced, businessperso-ns/ investors from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Italy, Germany, Australia, Brazil, France, Switzerland, Sweden, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Finland and Turkey would be given a VOA for 30 days.

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No visa on arrival

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