"Great news! We got the visa." These were the words Indian expatriate Yasin Sharif relayed to Khaleej Times on Monday after waiting nearly 80 days for a medical attendance visa for his Pakistani wife.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the continued persecution of Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik by India is a part of plan to deprive people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) of ...