KARACHI: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Secretary General IA Rehman and Pak-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) Pakistan Secretary General Anis Haroon have jointly urged the governments of Pakistan and India to change their policies toward each other, especially their visa issuance policies so that people from both sides can visit each other to ensure long-lasting peace in the region.
“We recommend dialogue between India and Pakistan to promote the peace process in the region but because of the Kashmir issue, these dialogues have been put on ice. For the peace process to take place at the people’s level, both countries must allow the citizens of the other country to visit freely, for which we recommend that visa requirements be lifted, if not then the visa process must be easy, so that people are encouraged to visit each other,” said Rehman.
Addressing a joint press conference at the HRCP office in Karachi, Rehman demanded that both governments issue visas to citizens so they can attend the Lahore convention planned in November by the PIPFPD.
