{"id":146701,"date":"2020-09-26T06:12:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T01:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=146701"},"modified":"2020-09-26T06:12:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T01:12:42","slug":"saudi-arabia-lifts-covid-19-travel-ban-for-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/saudi-arabia-lifts-covid-19-travel-ban-for-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia lifts Covid-19 travel ban for Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>news desk<br \/>\nISLAMABAD<br \/>\nForeign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Friday said that Saudi Arabia has announced to lift Covid-19 travel restrictions for Pakistan.  According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, the passengers travelling from Pakistan to the kingdom on Iqama and visit visa will be exempted from the travel restrictions. \u201cThe passengers, however, had to undergo a PCR test within 48 hours after arriving in Saudi Arabia,\u201d he said. It is pertinent to mention here that Saudi Arabia has lifted the ban on international flights coming from Pakistan after success in controlling coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>In a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), the Saudi Arabia government has banned all flights coming from India, Brazil, and Argentina over their failure to control COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot risk the lives of our citizens by allowing flights from India, Brazil, and Argentine\u201d, the NOTAM read. Meanwhile, the Kingdom has lifted travel restrictions from Pakistan after it managed to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The kingdom also announced to resume its visa services from its consulate in Karachi from September 28.<\/p>\n<p>A handout issued from the consulate said that after resumption in services, they would start issuing regular work visas, iqamas, and re-entry visas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor revalidation of visa, the applicant had to submit the passport along with other documents,\u201d it read and further asked the applicants to approach concerned officials for a refund of the visa fee. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news desk ISLAMABAD Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Friday said that Saudi Arabia has announced to lift Covid-19 travel restrictions for Pakistan. According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, the passengers travelling from Pakistan to the kingdom on Iqama and visit visa will be exempted from the travel restrictions. \u201cThe passengers, however, had to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saudi Arabia lifts Covid-19 travel ban for Pakistan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/saudi-arabia-lifts-covid-19-travel-ban-for-pakistan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saudi Arabia lifts Covid-19 travel ban for Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"news desk ISLAMABAD Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Friday said that Saudi Arabia has announced to lift Covid-19 travel restrictions for Pakistan. 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