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Indian Visas Issued To Pakistan Football Team
The Pakistan football team has been
issued visas for travel to India to participate in the South Asian Football Federation
(SAFF) Championship,
according to a press release issued by the Pakistan Football Federation on
Monday.
The press release said the visas were issued by the Indian
High Commission in Mauritius where the team was present for a four nation
series.
It added the team would depart for India’s Bangalore
via an available flight.
The press release said the tournament
was scheduled to begin on June 21 (Wednesday) when Pakistan
would play their first match against “traditional rivals” India,
The team was originally set to depart
for India on Sunday but failed to board the flight due to the non-issuance of
visas, following which All India Football Federation general secretary Shaji
Prabhakaran had assured that the visas would be issued on Monday
(today).
Pakistan had applied for visas after
the interior ministry gave clearance for the trip on Thursday last week.
Pakistan missed the last edition
of the SAFF Championship in 2021 due to a FIFA suspension.
Finally Indian visas issued to Pakistan football team.