New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday cleared a bilateral visa agreement between India and Pakistan. Under the agreement, children below 15 and senior citizens from Pakistan will be issued with Indian visas on arrival. The number of cities which they can visit in a trip has also gone up to 5 from 3.
Business visitors will be allowed to visit up to 10 cities. The agreement will be signed at Home Secretary level talks next month.
The home secretary level talks between India and Pakistan, in the pipeline since December last, are likely to place in Islamabad by the end of May. Home ministry sources said Islamabad has been asked to give fresh dates for the talks - sometime after May 22 when the ongoing budget session of parliament ends.
The sources said easier travel and visa procedures were aimed at boosting trade ties so that businesspersons from the two countries travel without hassles and do business.
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