PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Inordinate delays in issuance of visas by the Afghan Consulate have sparked an angry protest in Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The protesters, who had gathered outside the Peshawar Press Club, carried banners and placards inscribed with demands for speeding up the visa issuance process.
Despite submitting their passports to the consulate, the demonstrators deplored, they were yet to get visas. Consulate staff assigned them no reason for the delay, the protestors said.
Only influential people, particularly those paying bribes, were issued visas, they alleged, saying the poor . . .
