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India hits back at Pak: visa on arrival put on hold, four Pak hockey players sent back

New Delhi, Jan 15: India today put on hold the operationalisation of visa on arrival for senior citizens of Pakistan amid mounting tension on the Line of Control(LoC).Government sources said the decision was taken after



Some clauses of the relaxed visa regime like multiple-entry and reporting-free visas for businessmen and allowing them to visit five cities instead of the earlier three was operationalised when Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik visited New Delhi on December 14-16, 2012.



No new date has been fixed for operationalisation of the visa on arrival facility to the Pakistani senior citizens.

“We will take a decision at an appropriate time,” government sources said.

The objections raised by some agencies include whether visiting senior citizens were required to have a sponsor in India before granting them visa on arrival.

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