Nothing political: Pakistan not singled out in US visa curbs, says ex-envoy

Former Pakistan’s envoy to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has said that Pakistan has not been singled out in the recent US restrictions on immigrant visas, stressing that the move is administrative in nature rather than politically motivated. “Pakistan is not the only country on that list,” said Haqqani on Thursday, during an interview on the Aaj News programme News Insight with Amir Zia. “Many others are included as well — some of them are US allies, and some are even personally close to Trump. The basis for this is that people from these countries, after obtaining green cards or immigration status, try to access America’s social security system.”