Bangladeshis do not need a visa to visit Pakistan

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On Monday (September 2) at the Secretariat, Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General Md. He paid a courtesy visit to the office of Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.). He said these things in a discussion with the Home Affairs Advisor.During the meeting, various issues of mutual interest were discussed between the two countries, including flood rehabilitation, development of mutual relations, facilitation of obtaining visas, introduction of direct plane flights, cooperation in agricultural research.At the beginning of the meeting, the Adviser welcomed the Ambassador. He briefed the ambassador about the recent floods in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh. At this time, the ambassador assured assistance from Pakistan with materials for the flood victims of Bangladesh.The High Commissioner pointed out that the impact of the anti-discrimination student movement in Bangladesh has reached Pakistan and said that at that time, many Pakistani citizens celebrated by flying the flag of Bangladesh.When asked about the major challenges of the current government, the adviser said that the biggest challenge of the government is to prevent corruption and control the price of goods.The ambassador called for strengthening mutual relations by overcoming the dryness observed in the bilateral relations of the two countries in the last 15 years. Moreover, the two sides agreed on mutual visa facilitation.At this time, the ambassador said that two weeks ago, Pakistan announced the new visa policy. Under this, citizens of 126 countries including Bangladesh will be able to travel to Pakistan without a visa.The ambassador emphasized on the resumption of direct flights between the two countries for mutual relations and business interests.He said that the last direct flight between the two countries was in 2018, which was operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).The meeting also discussed in detail about increasing mutual cooperation in the field of prevention of human trafficking, counter-terrorism and agricultural research.Senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs including Kamran Dhangal and Zain Aziz, Councilors of the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka were present in the meeting.

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