Times of Islamabad

Fishel Khalid, First ever Jewish Pakistani allowed to travel to Israel on Pakistani passport

Fishel Khalid, First ever Jewish Pakistani allowed to travel to Israel on Pakistani passport

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.