'Afghan, Iran borders to be sealed for pedestrians from May 5'
Pakistani nationals, medical emergencies exempted; policy will remain in effect till May 19 midnight Pak-Afghan Border. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) reviewed on Sunday the existing land border management policy with Afghanistan and Iran in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 variants. The revised policy will only be applicable to inbound pedestrian movement, and is to come into effect from May 5. "With the emergence of various variants and to restrain import of any new mutation to Pakistan, current policy of land border management with Afghanistan ...