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KARACHI - Visa, one of the leading payment solutions providers, has rolled out a financial literacy programme for the media in Pakistan by organising the first educational workshop on financial literacy at the Karachi Press Club (KPC).
Working with members of KPC and the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), the workshop is aimed at spreading awareness of money management skills among the people of Pakistan. Visa Corporate Communications Manager Lama Kabbani in the Middle East

LAHORE - People who applied for the United States' visa are skeptical about the fate of their cases in the backdrop of Raymond Davis issue. However, the US Consulate General Spokesman said Davis case would not impact the visa process and it is going on as usual. The applicants who qualified for the visas are waiting for their passports and are worried that Davis case will delay their cases.
In normal cases, the US embassy takes around two weeks in processing visas of successful

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday that Raymond Davis, a US national accused of killing two Pakistani youths in Lahore a few days ago, had a diplomatic passport but he travelled to Pakistan on a non-diplomatic visa. Talking to reporters outside the Parliament House, he said the Interior Ministry issued Davis a visa on the recommendation by the Foreign Office after due clearance by the security agencies.
"I again repeat, I never said that Davis travelled to

TORONTO - Canada have pleaded with the International Cricket Council to help their three Pakistan-born players obtain visas to enter India for the World Cup which gets underway on February 19. Vice-captain Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan and Hamza Tariq are all still waiting for their India visas.
The delay has prompted Cricket Canada to demand that the schedule, which has the team playing four of their six group games in India, be altered so that matches are switched to co-hosts

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani on Monday ordered an immediate inquiry into the news reports about the Foreign Ministry's visa scam alleging the involvement of ministry's officials in the issuance of introductory letters to unauthorised people for obtaining visas for different countries.
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir also regretted the press reports on alleged visa scam and said a formal inquiry had been ordered into the allegations. He added that it was

ISLAMABAD - The government on Saturday said an inquiry had been ordered into a scam regarding issuance of visas by foreign missions on basis of recommendations made by the officials in those offices.
Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said in a statement that the Foreign Office had instituted a formal inquiry into allegations regarding the visa scam. He said, "The findings would be shared." Basit, however, called a media report regarding the visa scam "rather sensational" and

TORONTO - Canada's 15-man squad for the World Cup has included three Pakistan-born players who are still awaiting visa clearance to enter India where the team plays four of their six games.
The visa wrangle concerns vice-captain Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan and back-up wicketkeeper Hamza Tariq.
"(We have been) waiting to have visas processed for several months now," Ranjit Saini, the Cricket Canada president, told Pakistan media recently. "Canada took a pre-World Cup

DUBAI - Canadian nationals will have to pay as much as $1,000 in visa fees to travel to the United Arab Emirates from next month, the latest development in a diplomatic row over landing rights.
Tensions have risen between the two countries since Canada denied expanded landing rights for UAE airlines flying to Canada. That triggered a UAE government decision to end access to a military base used by the Canadian military to support troops in Afghanistan.
The UAE embassy in

COLOMBO: Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Sunday agreed they would waive off the requirement for official and diplomatic visas and restore PIA flights to Colombo.
In a series of meetings held in Colombo by President Asif Ali Zardari with the Sri Lankan president, prime minister and foreign minister, with the two sides signed three agreements and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance bilateral ties.
The agreements and the MoU aim at abolishing visas, facilitating customs

ISLAMABAD: The restriction on migration from non-European states to United Kingdom was global and not Pakistan-specific, UK High Commissioner Adam Thomson said in a press conference on Wednesday.
"The UK's coalition government seeks to tighten migration taking place from all non-European Union states," he said. Steps were recently taken by the UK government to reduce the number of people migrating for work or residence to create more job opportunities for British citizens,

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has called upon the federal government to protest against the cancellation of British visa to former Jamaat chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed and other (Jamaat) leaders of the country.
In a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmud Qureshi, he said that Qazi Hussain Ahmed had to visit Britain on the invitation of the UK Islamic Mission to attend various events. The British High Commission in Islamabad had issued a

LAHORE: Visa, one of the leading global payment solution providers, has revealed a new group of rewards and privileges for its premium cardholders in Pakistan.
The leading payment solutions provider has teamed up with BCD Travel and Gerry International's holiday packages, part of its Visa premium privileges programme in Pakistan which rewards all Visa gold and Visa platinum cardholders with rewards stretching from discounts, meet and assist, free ticket delivery and VISA