Daily Times
* Pakistani nationals, medical emergencies exempted; policy will remain in effect till May 19 midnight
May 3, 2021
In view of keeping new variants of Covid-19 away from Pakistan, the National Command and Coordination Centre (NCOC) has decided to cease the inbound pedestrian movement from Afghanistan and Iran from Wednesday (May 5) with exception to Pakistani nationals desirous to return.
The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) reviewed on Sunday the existing land border management policy with Afghanistan and Iran in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 variants. The revised policy will only be applicable to inbound pedestrian movement, and is to come into effect from May 5.