The Foreign Office has confirmed that the United Arab Emirates has neitherbanned nor blacklisted any Pakistani city nor does it deny visas to thecitizens of these cities.
“We have seen the reports. We can confirm that no such ban is in place byUAE for issuance of visas to Pakistani citizens,” FO spokesperson MumtazZahra Baloch said on Monday.
The response came in view of the queries by journalists on reports ofblacklisting or ban by the UAE on the issuance of visas to Pakistanicitizens belonging to specific cities.
The UAE also strongly denied reports of not providing visas to Pakistanicitizens belonging to certain cities, terming it as “fake news”.
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Consulate General of the UAE Karachi Bakheet Ateeq Al Remeithi said that nosuch ban had been imposed by the UAE government.
