Pak Students Returning To China Under New Visa Policy.

Pakistani students are now returning to China under new visa policy introduced by the Chinese authorities, that is effective from August 24

Bilal Khan, a PhD scholar at East China Normal University, Shanghai returned to China after the introduction of the new policy. Talking to Gwadar Pro, he said that he left Islamabad last Saturday for Xi'an, where he was to spend a 7-day quarantine in a hotel before departing for Shanghai.

Everything going smoothly; the situation was normal and the authorities were very cooperative. The students must comply with the quarantine procedures and cooperate with the authorities for a hassle-free experience, he said.

Bilal said that he was accompanied by one other Pakistani student on board the Pakistan Int'l Airlines (PIA) flight to Xian, while the majority of the passengers were post-doc scholars who also had Chinese work visas.

Bilal first shared the news of his departure for Xian under the new policy on social media. Several students while commenting on his post shared that they were also at different stages of the process to returning to China.

The students said that their respective institutions had contacted them to inform that they were...

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