Pak-born nationals' visas to be cleared by Centre

New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) India is contemplating to
tighten the visa approval norms for Pakistan-born citizens of
any country by making it mandatory for such applications to be
cleared by the government.

The move will come in view of the busting of the
Lashker-e-Taiba plot, in which the Pakistan-based terror group
was planning to use Pakistan-born US national David Coleman
Headley and Canadian passport holder Tahawwur Hussain Rana to
launch terror attacks in India.
"We are considering the step as terror groups may try
to use Pakistani origin citizen of friendly countries for
organising terror acts in India. We want to check that by
conducting pre-verification of such visa applicants," a Home
Ministry official said.
Because of the good relationship between India and the
US, American citizens never have had any problem in receiving
visas. This is applicable to many European countries which too
enjoy good relations with India.
The government is also mulling similar action on
citizens born in countries like China, Afghanistan and Iran
but holding passports of other countries. PTI ACB
DDC


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