{"id":67728,"date":"2025-03-11T12:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T07:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=67728"},"modified":"2025-03-11T12:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T07:16:24","slug":"us-bars-pakistani-diplomat-entry-sparks-travel-ban-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/us-bars-pakistani-diplomat-entry-sparks-travel-ban-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"US bars Pakistani diplomat entry, sparks travel ban concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: In a recent development, the US has barred Ahsan Wagan, Pakistan&#8217;s Ambassador to Turkmenistan, from entering the country during a private visit, sparking concerns about a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/pakistan-railways-unveils-special-trains-discounts-for-eidul-fitr-2025\/\">new travel ban<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wagan was denied entry by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad\/women-reconcile-with-accused-jamal-after-f-9-park-islamabad-assault-incident\/\">US immigration<\/a> officials at Los Angeles International Airport due to allegations of administrative corruption during his previous posting in the US.<\/p>\n<p>This incident has raised fears that the US might impose a new travel ban, similar to the one implemented during Trump&#8217;s first term, which targeted several Muslim-majority countries.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik clarified that there is no outright ban on Pakistani travelers, but some restrictions might be introduced.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the US State Department has issued a Level 3 travel advisory, warning of an unpredictable security situation in Pakistan, citing risks of attacks on civilian and government targets.<\/p>\n<p>Malik acknowledged US concerns over rising terrorism-related incidents in Pakistan but reassured that Pakistan is committed to strengthening counterterrorism measures.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that the US has not imposed a complete travel ban on Pakistani nationals, and Malik compared the potential measures to those implemented during Trump&#8217;s first term.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet issued an official statement, but diplomatic sources indicate that the matter is under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: In a recent development, the US has barred Ahsan Wagan, Pakistan&#8217;s Ambassador to Turkmenistan, from entering the country during a private visit, sparking concerns about a potential new travel ban. Wagan was denied entry by US immigration officials at Los Angeles International Airport due to allegations of administrative corruption during his previous posting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":67729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27081,27082],"class_list":["post-67728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-travel-ban-concerns","tag-us-bars-pakistani-diplomat-entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67730,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67728\/revisions\/67730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}