Asim Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Here are salient features of the new visa policy: Senior citizens (65 and above) would be granted a 45-day visa at the Wagah/Attari border. They would also not be required to report at police stations when they reach the other side of the border and a similar waiver has been granted to traders, business visitors and minors. All nonessential restrictions on visas for patients and tourists would be ended. Big investors and traders will be given 3-year multiple visas which would be valid for five cities and a 6-month transit visa while smaller investors and traders will be given a 1-year multiple visa. People in transit to a third country would be issued 36-hour visa. The tourist visa would be extended to five destinations with validity for a period of six months. The diplomatic visa category would offer visas to the consular, the consular mission and their family members. Five hundred Pakistanis would be allowed to visit the Ajmer Sharif shrine, while the Indian Sikh would come to Pakistan for their religious festivals. Artists, who frequently cross the border, would be granted a multiple-entry visa. p.s. Visa fee: 100 rupees
ravishingravi Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Here are salient features of the new visa policy: Senior citizens (65 and above) would be granted a 45-day visa at the Wagah/Attari border. They would also not be required to report at police stations when they reach the other side of the border and a similar waiver has been granted to traders, business visitors and minors. All nonessential restrictions on visas for patients and tourists would be ended. Big investors and traders will be given 3-year multiple visas which would be valid for five cities and a 6-month transit visa while smaller investors and traders will be given a 1-year multiple visa. People in transit to a third country would be issued 36-hour visa. The tourist visa would be extended to five destinations with validity for a period of six months. The diplomatic visa category would offer visas to the consular, the consular mission and their family members. Five hundred Pakistanis would be allowed to visit the Ajmer Sharif shrine, while the Indian Sikh would come to Pakistan for their religious festivals. Artists, who frequently cross the border, would be granted a multiple-entry visa. p.s. Visa fee: 100 rupees Asim, are Indian investors allowed to invest in Pakistan ?
superstar Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Asim' date=' are Indian investors allowed to invest in Pakistan ?[/quote'] Which Pakistani/Indian in their right mind invest in each of these countries directly. All it would take is one bomb blast to cease their investment. Also do not like the visa on arrival or reduction in restriction for tourist visas
surajmal Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 so how many sleeper Jihadis will enter under the garb of tourists this time?
Asim Posted September 9, 2012 Author Posted September 9, 2012 Asim' date=' are Indian investors allowed to invest in Pakistan ?[/quote'] I am not sure but a news: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-07/news/33677395_1_overseas-direct-investment-pakistan-rbi-notification
ravishingravi Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 I am not sure but a news: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-07/news/33677395_1_overseas-direct-investment-pakistan-rbi-notification I ask because Pakistani investors have been granted initial approval for FDI? Not sure if Indians even have an MFN status .
Mariyam Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 I ask because Pakistani investors have been granted initial approval for FDI? Not sure if Indians even have an MFN status . Reciprocity, among many others, is one of the underlying conditions when nations grant the MFN status to each other. Sooner or later ( I think the time for Pakistan may be over on this front already) that Pakistan has to grant MFN status to India or our government can unilaterally cancel the MFN status accorded to Pakistan. Under the auspices of the WTO, the exclusion lists ( list of products which are not to be exported to each others countries for the fear of killing the local market) have to be ratified by both the nations before granting of the MFN status. India is pretty sure what we want on our exclusion list- and it is not much. It is Pakistan which is taking time to finalize which industries it wants to protect. Probably playing domestic politics me thinks. No government would want to be seen as the one that inked the deal with India.
Asim Posted September 9, 2012 Author Posted September 9, 2012 I ask because Pakistani investors have been granted initial approval for FDI? Not sure if Indians even have an MFN status . Paksitan have granted (or decided to give?) MFN, not sure about its execution or implementation... 6 months back it was hot debate everywhere in Pak and it was not about should it or should not b given, was about its implications, since govt have decided to give...
Asim Posted September 9, 2012 Author Posted September 9, 2012 I think now sometime me with all my friends can visit india
Mariyam Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Here are salient features of the new visa policy: [*]Five hundred Pakistanis would be allowed to visit the Ajmer Sharif shrine, while the Indian Sikh would come to Pakistan for their religious festivals. p.s. Visa fee: 100 rupees Ajmer Sharif is not what it used to be. There are touts/fakeers/ and many peoples who claim to be the descendants of Khwaja Chisti all over the place. The only thing they will try and do is extort/beg for money. "Beti yeh 5000 Rs ki chaddar chadhalo Khwajaji ke mazhar par, unki duaen milengi" "Yahan agar saalana paise nahi bhijwaye to aap ki aulad gungi/behri hogi" etc etc. Government should just remove all these guys from the vicinity. But they probably get a 'cut' of the earnings.
Stuge Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 "Yahan agar saalana paise nahi bhijwaye to aap ki aulad gungi/behri hogi" etc etc. . THis is known as Faith ki naam par Blackmail .. Incredible India ! :cantstop:
ravishingravi Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Reciprocity, among many others, is one of the underlying conditions when nations grant the MFN status to each other. Sooner or later ( I think the time for Pakistan may be over on this front already) that Pakistan has to grant MFN status to India or our government can unilaterally cancel the MFN status accorded to Pakistan. Under the auspices of the WTO, the exclusion lists ( list of products which are not to be exported to each others countries for the fear of killing the local market) have to be ratified by both the nations before granting of the MFN status. India is pretty sure what we want on our exclusion list- and it is not much. It is Pakistan which is taking time to finalize which industries it wants to protect. Probably playing domestic politics me thinks. No government would want to be seen as the one that inked the deal with India. Yeah but that isn't comforting is it ? You have a relatively stable and developing nation willing to give the MFN status to not so stable nation and gesture not getting reciprocated. As I said before, I am all for ties with Pakistan. I wish to see a day where they can come over and we can go there without feeling any apprehension. But I get a feeling we are bending over here.
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