ISLAMABAD – Fishel Khalid, a31-year-old Jewish Pakistani applied forpermission to travel to Israel.

Now, Fishel Khalid has finally received a call from the Foreign Office,telling him that he can visit Jerusalem on a Pakistani passport.

He revealed this in a tweet: “Dear @ImranKhanPTI on Jan 2 Ministry ofForeign Affairs called to informing that I can visit Jerusalem, Israel onPakistani passport. I’m applying visa from Israeli embassy. Thank u DrFaisal.”

The development comes as a surprise since the Pakistani passportspecifically mentions that a holder can visit everywhere in the worldexcept for Israel.

A local newspaper has cited a source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MoFA) while stating that Fishel had applied for the permission on October28 via the ministry app.

A background check ensued when the request moved to the Sindh chiefsecretary, given Fishel is based in Karachi.