Shah Mahmood Qureshi clarifies US hasn’t imposed visa sanctions on Pakistan

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi clarified on Tuesday that the United States of America (USA) has not imposed visa sanctions on Pakistan.

Speaking to local media, the foreign minister said that the US has not imposed visa sanctions on Pakistan but has only imposed visa sanctions on three officers. The minister further said that the visa sanctions have been imposed on Foreign Office's officers including its joint secretary.

On US deporting Pakistanis, the minister said that 70 illegal immigrants will be returning to Pakistan on Wednesday. The United States has arranged a special chartered plane to send these immigrants back to Islamabad on Wednesday.

Speaking about peace talks between Afghanistan and the US, Qureshi maintained that Pakistan plays an important role in the peace talks. He continued that whenever there is no breakthrough in the peace talks between US and Afghanistan, Pakistan is made the scapegoat.

"If US stops giving money to Afghanistan, Afghanistan cannot run the country," the minister added.