Pakistan Govt relaxes Visa policy for Investors
Pakistan Times Foreign Desk

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has decided to ease visa policy for foreign businessmen and investors for promoting investment in the country and has directed the Interior Ministry to take immediate measures to this effect.

The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday. The session was attended by Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao and other senior officials of the Interior Ministry.

The Prime Minister said that in order to increase country’s exports and investment it is imperative that visa policy is softened for foreign businessmen and investors so that their reservations on investing in Pakistan are removed.

He said with the new visa policy not only investment in the country would be increased but foreign investors’confidence in Pakistan would be restored.

Shaukat Aziz said that the government would provide all necessary security to foreign investors and has asked the Interior Ministry to take measures to this effect.

Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and other Interior Ministry officials briefed the Prime Minister on the salient features of the new visa policy and said that the policy would be announced as soon as all details in this regard are worked out.

According to the new visa policy all foreign investors would be given visas at the airports and all necessary assistance would be provided to them when their visa expires during their stay in Pakistan and the visas would be extended without any delay.●