Pakistan eases visa rules, calls itself 'heaven for tourists'
The Pakistan government on Friday announced to ease travel restrictions in a bid to revive tourism, with the Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain calling the country "heaven for tourists". Pakistan will grant visa-on-arrival to citizens from 50 countries and provide electronic visas to 175 nationalities. The new rules would also ease travel restrictions on foreign journalists, Hussain said.