Afghanistan Peace CampaignAccording to representatives of the embassy, Islamabad pledged that after this Afghan immigrants would not be imprisoned in Pakistan.
The Embassy of Afghanistan in Pakistan said that Pakistani officials have pledged to address the issues with issuing visas to Afghan citizens and to better facilitate this in the future.
According to representatives of the embassy, Islamabad pledged that after this Afghan immigrants would not be imprisoned in Pakistan.
“During the meeting, several important issues were discussed and an understanding was achieved, including the visa challenges of Afghans, which Afghans cannot get easily,” said Zarif Qasemi, in charge of consular affairs of the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad.
However, Pakistani visa applicants in Kabul said that they are facing serious problems to obtain a visa.
Noor Wais Malyar, a resident of the province of Khost, said that he needs to take his ill wife to Pakistan for treatment but so far he has been unable to obtain a visa.
“We save money and wait for two to three months, but we still get nothing,” he said.
According to representatives of many travel agencies, the Pakistani embassy rejects many visa applications.
“40% of people who apply for a Pakistani visa get their visas, while for 60% them the applications are rejected,” said Noor Rahman Noor, head of a travel agency.
Nearly 1,200 Afghan immigrants have been freed from Pakistani prisons in the past month, according to statistics from the Afghan embassy there. However, there are still 1,800 Afghan immigrants detained in Pakistani prisons.