{"id":60894,"date":"2020-02-03T07:18:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T07:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60894"},"modified":"2020-02-03T07:18:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T07:18:19","slug":"pakistan-welcomes-ease-us-travel-advisory-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-welcomes-ease-us-travel-advisory-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan welcomes ease in US travel advisory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the recently introduced relaxation in the United States (US) travel advisory for Pakistan, a news source reported. Indicating that the US has acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s improved security situation, the ministry spokesperson Aisha Farooqui took to twitter and stated that it was a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-ranked-best-holiday-destination-international-travel-magazine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan ranked \u2018best holiday destination\u2019 by international travel magazine (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan ranked \u2018best holiday destination\u2019 by international travel magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the updated US travel advisory for Pakistan\nstates that the country\u2019s security environment has improved since 2014. However,\nthe advisory cautions US travellers not to visit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and\nBalochistan. It advises the same pertaining to the Line of Control (LoC). On\nthe other hand, the advisory has assigned a \u2018Level 3\u2019 to the rest of the\ncountry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Foreign Office (FO) has issued a statement to this effect. It stated that the country had made resolute efforts to improve its security situation. The statement referred to the United Nations (UN)\u2019s re-designation of family status to Islamabad for its personnel. It also mentioned the United Kingdom (UK)\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/uk-travel-advisory-pakistan-softened.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"change in its travel advisory (opens in a new tab)\">change in its travel advisory<\/a> for Pakistan, along with the decisions made by Norway and Portugal pertaining to their travel advisories to the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FO statement said that these changes reflected the confidence of the European governments in Pakistan\u2019s security environment. The FO also expressed its hope that the improved security would lead to opportunities of better economic activity and improved foreign direct investment (FDI) levels in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-open-saidu-sharif-airport-commercial-flights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt to open Saidu Sharif airport for commercial flights to promote tourism (opens in a new tab)\">Govt to open Saidu Sharif airport for commercial flights to promote tourism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FO opined that given Pakistan\u2019s liberal visa regime and\nconducive environment for tourism, the government was hopeful that more\ntourists from around the globe would travel to Pakistan. It added that the\ncountry\u2019s people were ready to welcome these tourists. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the recently introduced relaxation in the United States (US) travel advisory for Pakistan, a news source reported. Indicating that the US has acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s improved security situation, the ministry spokesperson Aisha Farooqui took to twitter and stated that it was a step in the right direction. Read: Pakistan ranked \u2018best holiday destination\u2019 by international travel magazine According to reports, the updated US travel advisory for Pakistan states that the country\u2019s security environment has improved since 2014. However, the advisory cautions US travellers not to visit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan. It advises the same pertaining to the Line of Control (LoC). On the other hand, the advisory has assigned a \u2018Level 3\u2019 to the rest of the country. Meanwhile, the Foreign Office (FO) has issued a statement to this effect. It stated that the country had made resolute efforts to improve its security situation. The statement referred to the United Nations (UN)\u2019s re-designation of family status to Islamabad for its personnel. It also mentioned the United Kingdom (UK)\u2019s recent change in its travel advisory for Pakistan, along with the decisions made by Norway and Portugal pertaining to their travel advisories to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15167],"tags":[17561,61,59],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-details-on-pakistan-welcomes-ease-in-us-travel-advisory","9":"tag-tourism-2","10":"tag-travel-to-pakistan","11":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan welcomes ease in US travel advisory - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the recently introduced relaxation in the United States (US) travel advisory for Pakistan.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-welcomes-ease-us-travel-advisory-2.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan welcomes ease in US travel advisory - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the recently introduced relaxation in the United States (US) travel advisory for Pakistan.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-welcomes-ease-us-travel-advisory-2.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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