Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bhutan are among 41 countries that are likely to face a ban on travel to the United States as the Donald Trump administration gets cracking on curbing illegal immigration, according to a draft accessed by Reuters. Officials said the restrictions would be broader than the curbs imposed during the first term of Trump, when he banned travellers from seven majority-Muslim nations.
A draft list of recommendations by security officials clubs Pakistan with a group of 26 countries that could face a partial suspension of US visa issuance if the Shehbaz Sharif-led government fails to make efforts to address “deficiencies within 60 days”.
Other countries in this group include Turkmenistan, Belarus, Bhutan and Vanuatu, which recently garnered attention after fugitive and ex-IPL chairperson Lalit Modi claimed to have acquired its citizenship.
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