ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has announced that Pakistan has set up a special cell at the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul to facilitate visas for Afghan journalists and families.
In a Tweet, the minister announced that Pakistan has received hundreds of visa applications from international media to facilitate their evacuation from Kabul.
“Pak press section in Kabul has received hundreds of visa applications from International media to facilitate their evacuation from Kabul. A special cell has been created to facilitate international media personnel…our prayers for peace n stability in Afghanistan,” he wrote on Twitter.
Pak press section in Kabul has received hundreds of visa applications from International media to facilitate their evacuation from Kabul a special cell has been created to facilitate international media personnel’s…our prayers for peace n stability in Afghanistan
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 15, 2021
Earlier in the day, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Mansoor Ahmed Khan also announced that Pakistan will be facilitating visas for Afghan journalists and families.
We are specially facilitating visas for Afghan journalists & families in this period of uncertainty. Media people needing visas may contact Press Counsellor at WhatsApp 00923222807683 and they will be facilitated. @SMQureshiPTI @fawadchaudhry @TOLOnews @Bbcpushto @DaRadioAzadi
— Mansoor Ahmad Khan (@ambmansoorkhan) August 15, 2021
Mansoor Ahmed Khan said that the Pakistan Embassy was especially facilitating visas for Afghan journalists and their families in this period of uncertainty. He added that media people requiring visas may contact the Press Counsellor and they will be facilitated.
Earlier, Khan had denied rumours that Pakistani consulates were closing and had informed that the process of issuing visas had been shifted online due to the pandemic.
As the crisis within Afghanistan unfolds and the Taliban prepare to take over the Afghan capital, Kabul-based embassies and consulates of international countries are closing and telling their nationals to leave the country.
