Pakistan is planning to ease visa restrictions for visitors from 55 countries, including most European nations, in a bid to revive tourism that was devastated by Islamist violence in the fallout from the 9/11 attacks in the United States. We are trying to bring 55 countries into a visa-free region, which includes most of the European countries," Pakistan's information minister, Fawad Chaudhry, told Reuters. "We refused a visa to Kaka and Figo. I called the section officer and he never heard of ... Kaka," Chaudhry said, laughing. Security has since improved dramatically, with militant attacks down sharply in the mainly Muslim country of 208 million people.

Source: dna December 22, 2018 07:18 UTC