Shocked on arrival: Nisar directs immigration staff to treat travellers more affably
FIA directed to set up special cell to look into all problems faced by overseas Pakistanis during visit.
Member of House of Lords Nazir Ahmed (L) in a meeting with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan (R). PHOTO: PID
ISLAMABAD:
While Pakistanis are often found complaining about the treatment they are meted out at immigration counters in a foreign country, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was asked on Saturday to look into the attitude of immigration staff towards the few foreigners arriving in Pakistan.
In a meeting with the House of Lords member Lord Nazir Ahmed in Islamabad on Saturday, the interior minister was requested to facilitate overseas Pakistanis and the problems they face while waiting to receive their stamp of entry into Pakistan.
Issuing directives to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to set up a special cell to look into all problems faced by overseas Pakistanis when they visit or stay in Pakistan, Nisar directed immigration authorities to adopt a more traveller-friendly attitude towards all visitors and do everything possible to make their entry and exit as trouble-free as possible.
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the government, particularly the ministry of interior, is committed to cut the red tape and come down hard on all kinds of corruption, and that all departments facilitate the public, especially the overseas Pakistanis who are on a short visit to their homeland.
The meeting also discussed Pak-UK relations and the need to maintain close liaison between the two governments and their parliaments.
In 2012, Pakistan received the largest number of visitors from the UK, as many as 305,403
While Pakistanis are often found complaining about the treatment they are meted out at immigration counters in a foreign country, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was asked on Saturday to look into the attitude of immigration staff towards the few foreigners arriving in Pakistan.
In a meeting with the House of Lords member Lord Nazir Ahmed in Islamabad on Saturday, the interior minister was requested to facilitate overseas Pakistanis and the problems they face while waiting to receive their stamp of entry into Pakistan.
Issuing directives to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to set up a special cell to look into all problems faced by overseas Pakistanis when they visit or stay in Pakistan, Nisar directed immigration authorities to adopt a more traveller-friendly attitude towards all visitors and do everything possible to make their entry and exit as trouble-free as possible.
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the government, particularly the ministry of interior, is committed to cut the red tape and come down hard on all kinds of corruption, and that all departments facilitate the public, especially the overseas Pakistanis who are on a short visit to their homeland.
The meeting also discussed Pak-UK relations and the need to maintain close liaison between the two governments and their parliaments.
In 2012, Pakistan received the largest number of visitors from the UK, as many as 305,403