In a positive development, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Sunday that Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have activated the arrangements at their airports regarding the visa waivers on diplomatic and official passports.
The visa waivers on the two categories of passports were mutually agreed upon by both countries via a memorandum of understanding (MoU) last month, which was due to take effect 30 days after its signing.
Dar said in an X post, “In my meeting at Abu Dhabi on 24th June 2025 with my brother Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of UAE, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, we agreed mutual visa waivers on diplomatic and official passports between our two brotherly countries.”
“[…] and we both signed a Memorandum of Understanding to make this arrangement effective and operative after 30 days of the signing of the said MoU,” he added.
The foreign minister announced that he was informed by the UAE authorities that the “visa waiver for diplomatic and official Pakistani passports entering the United Arab Emirates has been activated, effective July 25, 2025, at all UAE airports”.
He also confirmed that the “reciprocal arrangements have also been activated for UAE nationals at all Pakistani airports”.
