LAHORE: The authorities in the United Arab Emirates have slapped a ban on some of the Pakistani cities for granting visit visas.
The ban has not been officially announced; however, people with a ‘place of birth’ amongst the banned cities would not be awarded visit visas for Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.
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Sources privy to the developments revealed that Pakistani citizens with a place of birth from the following cities would not be awarded a visit visa:
Abbottabad, Attock, Bajaur Agency, Chakwal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan, Hangu, Hunza, Quetta, Kasur, Kohat, Kotli AJK, Khushab, Kurram Agency, Larkana, Mohmand Agency, Muzaffargarh, Nawabshah, Parachinar, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Sheikhupura, Skardu and Sukkur.
The ban doesn’t imply that all of the visa applications would be rejected; however, the chances of granting visas to residents of these cities are slim.
The other side United Arab Emirates has strongly denied reports of not providing visas to Pakistani citizens belonging to certain cities, terming it as “fake news”.
The statement was made by the Consulate General of the UAE Karachi Bakheet Ateeq Al Remeithi. Speaking to private TV channel, Remeithi said that no such ban has been imposed by the UAE government.
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