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ISLAMABAD, (MANEND NEWS): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi
has welcomed United Kingdom’s decision to remove Pakistan from the red list.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a video message congratulated the people who have been
unable to travel and to meet their family members for months and hoped it would ease
their sufferings. He said the removal of Pakistan from the UK red list would also ease the
heavy cost the travelers between the two countries had to bear, due to the restrictions.
He was in particular appreciative of the former British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab,
who during his last visit to Pakistan, was apprised in detail about the problems of the
British Pakistani citizens and how Pakistan was tackling the Covid19 pandemic in a
scientific manner.
Prior to this Britain has removed eight countries including Pakistan, Turkey and Maldives
from the international travel red list to make travel easier for fully vaccinated people.
In a tweet, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said double-vaccinated travelers
coming from non-red list countries will no longer have to take pre-departure tests from
4th of next month. He said the measure has been taken to reduce costs, take advantage of
higher levels of vaccination and keep us all safe.