INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday directed embassies in European nations not to provide visas to Afghan nationals after reports emerged of
an alleged visa scandal.Pakistan authorities were estimated in local media as saying the action was taken after an alleged scandal emerged
of Pakistan visas having been issued to 1,600 Afghan nationals on phony Swedish residency permits.Islamabad released orders to the Pakistani
embassies in the United Kingdom (UK), Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Ireland and
the Netherlands.Pakistan&& s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a questions into the matter.The foreign ministry has likewise ordered
the cancellation of the visas granted to the Afghans.The post Pakistan bars embassies in EU from providing visas to Afghan nationals first
