ISLAMABAD: The Overseas, Commonwealth & Improvement Workplace (FCDO) of the UK has lately added Pakistan to its checklist of nations that it states are “too harmful” for UK residents to journey, reported Geo Information.
Of their newest report, the FCDO alerted that the organisation has up to date the checklist and added eight extra international locations.
In accordance with the newest FCDO alert, the whole variety of banned locations is 24, Geo Information reported.
The FCDO’s alert covers a variety of issues that pose a menace to customer security, together with crime, struggle, terrorism, illness, climate situations and pure disasters, Geo Information reported, citing the Manchester Night Information.
Furthermore, the newly added international locations are these concerned in conflicts, together with Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon, Belarus, and the Palestinian territories.
In the meantime, the blacklisted international locations embody, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Haiti, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, North Korea, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
Moreover, the Overseas Workplace has additionally issued a pink checklist, in keeping with Geo Information.
The international locations included within the pink checklist symbolize these areas the place journey must be averted “except completely important.”
“When you’re planning to journey someplace from the UK, bear in mind to not go to the blacklisted international locations or international locations on the pink checklist,” it added.
In 2023, Pakistan witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 accidents from 789 terror assaults and counter-terror operations, together with almost 1,000 fatalities amongst civilians and safety forces personnel, reported Daybreak.
Furthermore, total fatalities, together with these of outlaws, marked a document six-year excessive, exceeding the 2018 stage and the best since 2017.
Reportedly, the nation noticed a surge in violence for the third consecutive 12 months with an uptick recorded annually starting from 2021.
Of their newest report, the FCDO alerted that the organisation has up to date the checklist and added eight extra international locations.
In accordance with the newest FCDO alert, the whole variety of banned locations is 24, Geo Information reported.
The FCDO’s alert covers a variety of issues that pose a menace to customer security, together with crime, struggle, terrorism, illness, climate situations and pure disasters, Geo Information reported, citing the Manchester Night Information.
Furthermore, the newly added international locations are these concerned in conflicts, together with Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon, Belarus, and the Palestinian territories.
In the meantime, the blacklisted international locations embody, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Haiti, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, North Korea, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
Moreover, the Overseas Workplace has additionally issued a pink checklist, in keeping with Geo Information.
The international locations included within the pink checklist symbolize these areas the place journey must be averted “except completely important.”
“When you’re planning to journey someplace from the UK, bear in mind to not go to the blacklisted international locations or international locations on the pink checklist,” it added.
In 2023, Pakistan witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 accidents from 789 terror assaults and counter-terror operations, together with almost 1,000 fatalities amongst civilians and safety forces personnel, reported Daybreak.
Furthermore, total fatalities, together with these of outlaws, marked a document six-year excessive, exceeding the 2018 stage and the best since 2017.
Reportedly, the nation noticed a surge in violence for the third consecutive 12 months with an uptick recorded annually starting from 2021.
