Tehran urged to suspend pilgrims' return for some time.

Byline: Ali Raza Rind

CHAGAI -- The Pakistani authorities have requested their Iranian counterparts to stop immigration clearance of Pakistani citizens returning from Iran for a few days.

According to Levies Force officials, a meeting in this regard was held between the officials of the two countries at Raahdari Gate at Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan on Sunday. Assistant Commissioner of Taftan Waris Khan led the Pakistani delegation while Iranian side was represented by the Marzaban Grade-2 of Mir Javeh.

The meeting discussed the issue of immigration clearance of Pakistani citizens amid coronavirus outbreak in Iran. The assistant commissioner of Taftan told his counterpart that they already had a huge burden of the people who had returned...

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