Pakistan urges UAE to unravel visa problem ‘at earliest ...

FM Qureshi talks to UAE minister of state on the sidelines of OIC foreign ministers' meeting in Niger, says FO

international Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi meeting UAE Minister of State Reem Al Hashimi on the sidelines of the 47th Session CFM in Niamey, Niger. image: TWITTER/@ForeignOfficePk

foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met UAE minister of state on the sidelines of OIC international ministers' meeting on Saturday and raised the issue of visa restrictions being faced by way of Pakistani residents.

Qureshi underscored the deserve to handle the problem at the earliest all over a gathering with Reem Al Hashimi on the sidelines of the forty seventh session of the Council of overseas Ministers (CFM) in Niamey, Niger, in response to a press release issued by means of the foreign office.

 

The development comes after it emerged previous this week that the United Arab Emirates had stopped issuing new visas to residents of 13 often Muslim-majority international locations, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Syria over 'security issues'.

Following the media reviews, PM's aide Zulfikar Bukhari claimed that a UAE cabinet minister had set aside media experiences, asserting that "there is no ban on import of staff from Pakistan".

"thankful to HE Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli (Minister of Human substances & Emiratisation) for his continued help for #OverseasPakistanis - contrary to media experiences, he categorically brought up there is not any BAN on export of staff - there has been 11% [increase] in potential worker's," he wrote on his official Twitter tackle.

 

Later, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) talked about in a tweet that Bukhari spoke to the UAE authentic by way of video link to "dispel the terrible stories on ban on Pakistani worker's".

 

The international workplace in these days's remark observed, both sides also exchanged views on bilateral cooperation, Covid-19 condition, Pakistan's participation in the Expo, and different concerns of mutual interest.

Qureshi highlighted the close fraternal ties in addition to americans-to-americans contacts between the two countries and wired Pakistan's dedication to forge closer cooperation with UAE in diverse fields, it added.

while appreciating foreign Minister Qureshi's commentary at the 47th CFM Session, the commentary pointed out the Emirati minister lauded Pakistan's initiative to propose OIC resolution on combatting Islamophobia.

both sides also exchanged views on OIC matters and stressed upon the significance of additional strengthening it as a united and pivotal platform for the Muslim Ummah.

It changed into additionally agreed all over the meeting to boost mutual exchanges to lift ahead the procedure of starting to be bilateral cooperation, talked about the communiqué.