India: India declines visas to Pakistani pilgrims

NEW DELHI, 04 February 2022, (TON): India declined to issue visas to Pakistani pilgrims at the eleventh hour for attending the annual Urs of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer from February 3 to 14.

The Indian embassy, had asked the ministry of Religious Affairs to complete all the arrangements for the departure of pilgrims for the Urs following all the standard operating procedures issued by it.”

The Pakistani pilgrims belonging to far-flung areas of the country had arrived in Lahore. However, the last moment refusal for issuance of visas had hurt their sentiments leaving them in mental stress.”

Minister of Religious Affairs Mr Qadri said Pakistan would take up such an ill-treatment of Zaireen with India at the foreign ministry’s level. India had violated the 1974 Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines on the pretext of the coronavirus pandemic.

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