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India, Pakistan to start multiple visa facilities

     Islamabad: India and Pakistan are expected to soon introduce multiple visa facilities for each other's nationals. This facility would be extended for the members of the divided families living in the two countries. The visas would be valid for a period of two years, and the holder would be entitled to visit Pakistan/India any number of times.

    An agreement in this regard would be signed during Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri's visit to New Delhi in the third week of February. The two countries will hold their joint commission's meeting on the occasion. The meeting would also review the progress made by the six sub- commissions out of the eight constituted by the joint commission at its inaugural meeting held in Islamabad. Apart from an agreement on the reduction of accidental use of nuclear arsenals and new visa regimes of the two countries, understanding would also be worked out for holding quarterly flag meetings of the sector commanders of the troops on both sides of the border, reported The News. During his forthcoming visit, Kasuri would also discuss new avenues of co-operation between Pakistan and India with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. It is believed that the joint commission will bring in some new confidence building measures (CBMs) that will greatly help the two countries address their decades-old disputes though dialogue, the sources said.
-Jan 22,  2007

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