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India to reopen consulate in Karachi
Wednesday March 14, 2012 11:58:00 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad: India
plans to reopen its consulate in the port city of Karachi, said
Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal.
Sabharwal said Tuesday that talks were underway for the reopening
of the Indian Consulate in Karachi to facilitate Pakistani
nationals applying for visas, reported Geo News from Sindh
province.
The envoy was interacting with the media during his visit to the
Bhutto family mausoleum at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh.
Sabharwal said the Bhutto family had sacrificed their lives for
the sake of democracy.
With some 70 percent of Pakistanis seeking Indian visas being from
Sindh, the two countries had agreed during the visit to New Delhi
of then Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in April 2005 to
reopen consulates in Karachi and Mumbai.
The Pakistani government had in December 1994 ordered the Indian
consulate in Karachi to close down, saying it "cannot allow a
centre for sabotage, subversion and terrorism to continue to
operate within Pakistan".
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