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Maharastra minister calls for easing India-Pakistan visa regime
Friday May 25, 2012 06:13:26 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Appreciating
the ongoing efforts by Indian and Pakistani media to improve
people-to-people contacts, Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil
Friday called for easing the visa regime between the two
neighbours.
"I will personally take up this issue with Minister for External
Affairs S.M. Krishna, who was our (Maharashtra) governor," Patil
told a 14-member media delegation from the Karachi and Hyderabad (Sindh)
press clubs which is visiting Mumbai and Pune for a week at the
invitation of the Press Club, Mumbai.
Pointing out that merely government-to-government efforts would
not suffice, Patil said even the media on both sides have "a major
role to play" in the ongoing peace process.
The home minister also promised to join an Indian media delegation
on their next visit to Pakistan.
Speaking on the occasion, Karachi Press Club president Tahir Hasan
Khan called for setting up consulates in both Karachi and Mumbai
to quicken the process of issuing visas in the two countries.
"The long distance of travel to New Delhi in India and Islamabad
in Pakistan is preventing and discouraging many from following up
for visas," he said.
A delegation member, Karamat Ali, who is executive director of
Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research, suggested
starting ferry services between Mumbai and Karachi to enable
people on both sides to travel at affordable costs.
"There are many families on both sides having relations or friends
in India and Pakistan, and even small businessmen would like to
travel for trade purposes. Such ferry services would be of immense
help," Ali said.
Earlier, the Pakistani delegation visited the Bombay Stock
Exchange (BSE) to understand the functioning of the Indian stock
exchanges.
The BSE's acting CEO Ashish Chauhan said the BSE has a
collaboration with Karachi Stock Exchange and offered Pakistani
media persons courses conducted by the BSE to enhance their
knowledge of the financial markets.
The delegation will go to Pune for a few engagements Saturday
before coming back to Mumbai and returning to Pakistan.
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