India, Nov. 27 -- The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing visas to Pakistani citizens amid growing concerns that some visitors were engaging in criminal activities after arriving in the country, senior Pakistani officials confirmed during a Senate committee meeting this week, media reports said.

Additional Interior Secretary Salman Chaudhry informed the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights that the UAE had tightened its visa policy for Pakistanis, noting that once such a ban is imposed, "it is very difficult to have it reversed," according to a report by Dawn.

For now, visas are only being issued to holders of blue and diplomatic passports.

Overseas Employment Promoter Aisam Baig told the committee that these incidents had ...