India, Jan. 15 -- As the US on Wednesday paused visa processing for Pakistan , Bangladesh and over 70 other countries, Islamabad hoped that the US would "soon" resume immigrant visa processing for its citizens and said it viewed the recent suspension as part of an internal review. Track updates on Iran unrest

The pause on visa processing is the latest in Trump's immigration crackdown as the Trump administration said it was pausing the immigrant visa processing for countries whose migrants "take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates".

Pakistan's foreign office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said he hoped the the routine processing of immigrant visas would resume soon.

"We are in touch with the US authorities to ascertain fu...