On Thursday, the Canadian government announced that it would be temporarily barring passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next 30 days, as part of stricter measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
This decision was enacted by the left-leaning government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after prominent right-leaning politicians criticised Ottawa's lack of response in dealing with the third wave of the pandemic.
On Friday, the United Kingdom's Foreign Office announced that it was adding Pakistan to the Red List of travel ban countries, with measures coming into force from April 9th.
The Pakistani government and medical officials had earlier blamed the rise in cases on a coronavirus variant, that was first reported in the United Kingdom.
The authority also added six more countries to the C category list including South Africa, UK, Portugal, Ireland and Brazil.
The category C international passengers now have to show Covid-19 report upon arrival and they will undergo another assessment of the virus in Pakistan, says CAA.
The United States also sanctioned Anwar in December 2019 for his involvement in “serious human rights abuse” in Pakistan.
He was suspended from the duty after the killing of 27-year-old Mehsud and four others at a farmhouse in Karachi’s Shah Latif Town on January 13, 2018.