The Civil Aviation Authority has issued new travel guidelines forpassengers coming to Pakistan. Under the Coronavirs SOPs, the countrieshave been divided into three categories.

The guidelines issued by Irfan Sabir, Director Air Transport, CivilAviation Authority (CAA), state that Category A includes Australia, China,Iraq, New Zealand, Qatar, Iceland, Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia. Includes 24countries. Category passengers will not be required to take the COVID-19test.

The names of the countries included in Category B are not mentioned,however, it is said that the countries which are not included in Category Aand C will be part of Category B.

Passengers from Category B countries will be required to submit 72-hour oldCorona reports. According to civil aviation authorities, Category Cincludes South Africa, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Ireland, Portugal andthe Netherlands.

Under Category C, the arrival of passengers from abroad will be subject tothe permission of the NCO. Due to the reduction in Corona cases, theduration of the PCR test for Category B and C passengers has been increasedfrom 96 to 72 hours.