59ers have put together what I think will be the Mother of all Golden Reunions. We are busy getting the attendance figures organised.
I had a great disappointment today morning when I received an email from one of our classmates who lives in Pakistan. He is one of our very active and much-loved 59ers. He informed me that he may not be able to make it to the reunion!
Why?
His mother passed away at the beginning of the year. He travelled to Mumbai to perform the last rites.
It seems that if one gets one visa in the year, then Pakistanis cannot get a second visa the same year.
I wonder if Pakistan also follows this protocol?
If so, it only shows the stupidity of the politicians and the bureaucrats in both countries.
What logical reason could there be in stopping genuine travel between two countries? It is not as if the governments are doing anyone a favour. They charge money to issue visas.
I hope some of our friends will draw the attention to people in high places to stop this stop of ridiculous bureaucracy!
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