Pakistan, Oman waive visas for diplomatic passport holders

Only staff on diplomatic or other state-issued special documents benefit; citizens with regular Pakistani passports must still obtain visas to enter Oman.

Islamabad and Muscat will scrap entry visas for travellers on diplomatic, special, official or service documents.

Regular Pakistani passports stay outside the deal, so tourism and most private trips still need visas.

Ishaq Dar and Oman’s foreign minister concluded the pact at the eighth joint ministerial sitting in the capital.

Shehbaz Sharif oversaw further MoUs on IT, media, broadcasting and archives the same day.

No start date or maximum stay was published with the announcements.

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