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With immediate effect, Kuwait has stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis, alleging many Pakistanis entering the country are 'extremist elements' and pose a danger to the 6,000 American soldiers in the Gulf country.
Kuwait is, however, giving visas to people of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Kuwait's Online news agency said.
Sources said Pakistan's ambassador in Kuwait has stated that the oil-rich nation announced the curbs due to apprehensions by Kuwaiti authorities that many of the Pakistanis are drug traffickers. Besides, lots of Pakistanis are involved in fake passports, counterfeit visas, condemned currencies, and fake driving license rackets.
Pakistani citizesn are upset at Embassy staff. When they approached them for their intervention, they found Embassy staff heavily drunk with bottles of beers and scotch scaterred around in the embassy premises.
Online agency said Pakistan has decided to initiate a dialogue to resolve the issue and the interior minister is likely to leave for Kuwait in the second week of November on the direction of President Gen Pervez Musharraf.
The interior minister would apprise Kuwaiti officials about the steps taken by the government to stamp out fake passports.
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