Asad Umar, the Federal Minister for Planning, slammed the UK for puttingPakistan on its “red list,”.
In a tweet, Umar said, “Every country has the right to take decisions tosafeguard the health of its people.”
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The minister said that Britain’s recent decision to add several countriesto the “red list,” like Pakistan, owing to rising coronavirus cases posesthe “legitimate question whether choice of countries is based on science orforeign policy”.British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner declared on Fridaythat Pakistan has been added to the UK’s red list of travel ban countries.
Only UK and Irish citizens, as well as those with UK citizenshipprivileges, would be able to return to the UK if they have spent theprevious 10 days in Pakistan,” Turner said in a video message posted onTwitter.
Passengers travelling to the UK from Pakistan would be required to pay fora necessary quarantine stay at a hotel in the UK, according to thecommissioner.
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The steps would take effect at 4:00 a.m. on April 9. Direct flights betweenthe two countries will begin to run as usual, according to the commissioner.
Earlier a high-level delegation was scheduled to visit London in thisregard, according to the source, but the trip was cancelled on Wednesdayevening after British High Commission officials met with senior Pakistaniofficials and expressed the UK government’s stance.
Thousands of people have travelled from the UK to Pakistan in recent monthsas the UK has been put under a second state of emergency. Many of them arealready on prolonged stay in the region.
