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- UAE is home to 1.2 million Pakistanis, second-largest host to overseas Pakistani workers after 抖阴短视频
- Pakistani foreign minister was on a two-day visit to the UAE last week to discuss trade and diaspora issues
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan鈥檚 foreign office said on Sunday that United Arab Emirates authorities had assured Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that restrictions on the issuance of visas to Pakistanis are temporary and related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Qureshi was in Abu Dhabi on a two-day visit last week, which came at a time when international media was reporting the UAE had stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan.
鈥淔oreign Minister Qureshi was assured that the visa restrictions were temporary in nature and were imposed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic,鈥� the Pakistani foreign office said.
It cited a statement by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, which reaffirmed the UAE鈥檚 鈥渁ppreciation鈥� of the Pakistani community and their 鈥渁ctive contribution to the growth and prosperity of the country.鈥�
The UAE is home to 1.2 million Pakistanis and the second-largest host to overseas Pakistani workers and source of foreign remittances, after 抖阴短视频.
鈥淒uring the visit of the Foreign Minister, the two sides acknowledged Pakistani community鈥檚 positive contribution to the UAE鈥檚 success story,鈥� the Pakistani foreign office said on Thursday, after Qureshi鈥檚 meetings with Al-Nahyan and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of the emirate of Dubai.