UAE : Two more Pakistani cities have been included on the UAE’s “blacklist,” meaning that residents of those cities will no longer be eligible to apply for visit visas to the UAE. The total number of Pakistani cities on the list now stands at 24, with the travel agent mafia reportedly being the main culprit. The UAE’s immigration authorities initially put 12 Pakistani cities to the list of places where visitors require visas before expanding it to 22 and now adding two more.
Punjab | Sindh | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) | Balochistan | Federal Territory |
DG Khan | Nawabshah | Abbottabad | Quetta | Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) |
Khushab | Larkana | DI Khan | Hunza, GB | |
Muzaffargarh | Sukkur | Kurram Agency | Kotli, Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) | |
Sargodha | Bajaur Agency | |||
Attock | Hangu | |||
Kasur | Kohat | |||
Sheikhupura | Parachinar | |||
Chakwal | Mohmand Agency | |||
Sahiwal |
In light of the agents’ deceptive claims that they were being sent on a visit visa when they were actually being sent on a work visa, the UAE reportedly imposed restrictions on the citizens of these places.
The UAE deported some 80 Pakistanis in August for a number of reasons, including the possession of bogus return tickets, thus it is necessary to note this.