US visa denied to pakistani senate deputed chairman:Pak retaliates

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: The chairman of Pakistan’s Senate says the body will not welcome any US delegation, member of Congress or dignitary in Islamabad.

The move comes after the US failed to issue a visa to the Senate’s deputy chairman, a member of the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam political party.

Chairman Raza Rabbani says in a statement that



no Pakistani Senate delegation will visit the US until an explanation for the delay in issuing a visa to Maulana Ghafoor Haideri is given by US authorities.

A US Embassy spokesman in Islamabad said Sunday they could not comment on visa cases due to privacy laws.

Haideri was to travel Sunday to New York to attend a meeting at the UN.