Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed leaves for a foreign visit

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed leaves for a foreign visit

Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Saturday left for Kuwait on an official one-day visit, reported 24News HD TV channel.

Kuwaiti Ambassador Nasril Mutahri saw the minister off at Islamabad Airport. The minister will meet his Kuwaiti counterpart during his visit as well as present the letter of Prime Minister Imran Khan to Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

The interior minister will pursue the Kuwaiti interior ministry regarding the issuance of visas to Pakistani citizens. Kuwait has been halting issuing visas to Pakistani citizens since 2010.

Earlier, Sheikh Rasheed said that there would be an agreement regarding the halt of Kuwaiti visas for Pakistanis since 2010. He expressed his hope that there would some agreement regarding Pakistani labourers in Kuwait as well.