ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis can now apply for Kuwait’s visa as the country has decided to lift its visa ban on Pakistan after six years. Pakistan minister urges lifting visa ban on Pakistanis. Kuwait lifts ban on visa for Pakistani nationals after 6 years. Later, it was learnt that the visa ban applied only to Syrian nationals. 05 Jun 2003. KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has lifted its visa ban on Pakistan after six years and now Pakistanis can apply for it. News Analysis The government of Kuwait on Tuesday decided to lift visa-ban over Pakistani applicants. The decision was made during the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah on Tuesday. After an on-going ban on visa for Pakistani citizens, Kuwait has finally lifted the visa restriction after a long period of 6 years, a state-run news agency broke the news yesterday. It also represents a rare occasion of direct diplomacy by PM Nawaz Sharif – […] The breakthrough 04:16 PM | 7 Mar, 2017. On his two-day visit to Kuwait, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi met with Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah on Sunday and discussed with him … KUWAIT. KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has lifted its visa ban on Pakistan after six years and now Pakistanis can apply for it. KUWAIT CITY: Authorities in Kuwait have decided to lift a six-year-old ban on visas for Pakistani citizens, the state-run APP news agency quoted a news channel as saying.The decision reportedly ca It was decided at a meeting held between Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Kuwait’s amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah here on Tuesday. ... but new recruitment was stopped due to the ban from 1997. May 21, 2019. Share. In 2011 too, there were reports about Kuwait placing a “blanket” visa ban on citizens from the five countries that included Pakistan. Kuwait Lifts Visa Ban on Pakistanis After 6 Years Posted 4 years ago by Haamiz Ahmed In a move that may surprise many, Kuwait has decided to lift the visa ban placed on Pakistani citizens. Kuwait lifts visa ban on Pakistanis. Mahmood Idrees. KUWAIT CITY: Pakistanis can now apply for Kuwait’s visa as the country has decided to lift its visa ban on Pakistan after six years. The decision came in the wake of a meeting between Pakistan’s Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The Pakistan embassy official denied the 2011 report too, saying it was “fake”.