KUWAIT: After a decade-long ban, the Kuwaiti government has announced the resumption of granting work visas to Pakistanis on Sunday.
Interior minister of Pakistan Sheikh Rasheedcalled on Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah with the outcome of the restoration of Kuwaiti visas for Pakistanis after about a decade-long blockade.
The meeting held between the leaders was attended by Ahmad’s Kuwaiti counterpart and Pakistani diplomatic staff wherein bilateral relations and concerns of mutual interests were mulled over.
Ahmad presented to the Kuwaiti PM a letter by Pakistani PM Imran Khan and also discussed with him the matters related to Kuwaiti visas for Pakistani ex-pats.
The huddled agreed there shall be no restrictions on visas to experts of oil and medical fields and the Pakistani ex-pats currently living in gulf countries will be able to sign up online for Kuwaiti visa.
Kuwaiti PM Al-Sabah stressed the countries have sustained relations for over seven decades now and enjoy a bond of mutual respect and trust.
کویت: 30مئی 2021
کویت کے وزیراعظم شیخ صباح خالدالحامدالصباح سے ملاقاتکویت کے وزیر داخلہ اور پاکستانی سفیر بھی ملاقات میں موجود
10 سال بعد پاکستانی شہریوں کے لئے کویت ویزا بحال
پاک – کویت دوطرفہ تعلقات سمیت باہمی دلچسپی کےامور پر گفتگو pic.twitter.com/ByzxOt1cKn
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) May 30, 2021
It may be noted here that Kuwait imposed a ban on the issuance of visas to Pakistani citizens since 2011. Earlier in March, the interior minister had announced that Kuwait is going to resume issuing visas for Pakistanis.
The minister’s announcement came ahead of Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah’s arrival in Islamabad. Al-Sabah arrived on a two-day visit at the invitation of Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
In November last year, the Kuwaiti foreign minister met with Qureshi on the sidelines of the 47th Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Niamey, Niger.
Pakistan has announced it was ready to provide skilled workers to Kuwait’s labour market after a meeting of Islamabad’s ambassador to the Gulf country, Syed Sajjad Haider, and Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower director-general Ahmad Al-Mousa in January this year.
In July last year, Pakistan and Kuwait signed a government-to-government agreement for 600 Pakistani health care professionals to work in Kuwait, upon the request of the Gulf state, where coronavirus infections and fatalities were surging.
