India And Pakistan Visa Agreements

• Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik to arrive in India on Friday, new visa regime to be launched

  A revised visa agreement between India and Pakistan will be launched on Friday when Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik arrives on a three-day visit to India, said official sources In New Delhi on Thursday.

• Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik's visit deferred; may come on December 14

  The visit of Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik to India, for operationalisation of liberalised visa agreement between the two countries, has been deferred and he is likely to arrive in New Delhi on December 14.

• India, Pakistan sign liberalized visa agreement

  The new pact, signed between external affairs minister S M Krishna and Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik, replaces a 38-year-old restrictive visa agreement and will pave the way for time-bound visa approval and greater people to people contacts and boost trade.

• Highlights: SM Krishna, Hina Rabbani Khar address the media

  Foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, SM Krishna and Hina Rabbani Khar addressed the media in Islamabad today.

• Liberalised visa agreement signed between India and Pakistan

  India and Pakistan have signed a new visa regime which will facilitate simpler travel for people across the border. The new pact, signed between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, replaces the old visa regime that was signed in 1974, and will pave the way for time-bound visa approval and greater peopl...

• India, Pakistan to ink liberalised visa agreement tomorrow

  India and Pakistan will sign a new liberalised visa agreement here tomorrow to boost people to people contacts while External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will hold crucial talks with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, who today said that terrorism was 'mantra of the past'.

• SM Krishna on a 3-day visit to Pak; visa, cultural agreements may be signed

  Foreign Minister SM Krishna has arrived in Islamabad for a three-day visit which is expected to determine whether or not Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go to Pakistan soon. While the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's invitation in principle, he has also said the 26/11 trial is crucial test for Isla...

• SM Krishna arrives in Pak for 3-day visit; terror tops India's agenda

  Agreements on a liberalised visa regime and cultural exchanges are expected to be signed during Foreign Minister SM Krishna's three-day visit to Pakistan which began today. Mr Krishna, who has reached Pakistan, will hold talks with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Islamabad tomorrow. He is expected to meet other Pakistan leaders also.

• Indo-Pak talks: No headway in liberalised visa regime

  A widely-expected liberalised visa agreement between India and Pakistan was postponed at the Home Secretary-level talks in Islamabad today after Pakistan insisted on political participation. The agreement will provide tourist visas on arrival at the Wagah border for senior citizens and young children.

• India, Pakistan to ease visa rules for businessmen

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's lunch meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his day-long visit last week seems to have provided a major thrust to bilateral ties between the two nations. India and Pakistan will soon sign an agreement for a new liberalised visa regime for businessmen from both countries.

• India-Pakistan visa rules to be eased

  India and Pakistan today took a big step forward in strengthening trade relationship by easing visa rules. The move is aimed at normalising trade ties by the end of the year. The revised visa agreement will facilitate movement of people, particularly businessmen of both the countries.

• India, Pak finalize draft visa accord to ease travel

  India and Pakistan today finalised the draft of the new Bilateral Visa Agreement to ease travel for the nationals of either country desiring to visit the other.