- Lie being propagated for two years on visa issue: envoy.
- Consul general tells visa aspirants to visit UAE visa centre.
- Dr Remeithi reaffirms Emirate’s support for Islamabad.
KARACHI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has categorically denied lies claiming that the country was not issuing visas to Pakistanis.
“A lie has been propagated for two years that the UAE was not issuing visas to Pakistanis,” said UAE Consul General Dr Bakheet Ateeq Al Remeithi while speaking during an event in the port city.
“Whoever wants to get a visa should come to the UAE visa centre,” added the envoy.
Reaffirming the Emirate’s support for Islamabad, Remeithi said that they had orders from the government to stand with Pakistan.
Underscoring that investments were being made, the consul general said that there would be a major positive development in this regard in one to two months.
The UAE official’s remarks come after Pakistan’s Embassy, last week, rejected media reports, claiming that the UAE government shared a document citing reasons for imposing visa restrictions on Pakistani nationals.
The rebuttal followed after media reports claimed a visa ban on Pakistani nationals was proposed during a cabinet meeting of the UAE government.
Consul General Remeithi’s assurance against a visa ban is not the first one as the country has previously rebuked such rumours back in August.
Back then, speaking to Geo News programme “Geo Pakistan” the diplomat had warned Pakistani expats living there against spreading propaganda against their country, institutions, or politicians.
“Regardless of which social media platform you use either in Pakistan or UAE, whatever you share or like leaves a digital footprint […] whether you share, liked something good or bad [….] these things will lead to your ban [or visa rejection],” he noted.
