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Travel Information

Weather: Minimum average temperature of Islamabad remains between 4oC during December. Distinguished panelists traveling to Islamabad for the SDPI's Eighth Sustainable Development Conference may obtain detailed weather and other relevant reports from Pakistan Metrological Department.

Venue: For information about the venue of the Eighth SDC and Islamabad please click here.

Information for Indian passport holders

Speakers who hold an Indian passport are required to submit their documents to the SDPI latest by Monday, 5 September 2005. Scanned copies of the following documents are required for facilitating visas of the Indian passport holders.

Indian passport holders

  1. Clearly scanned copy of the passport's first 4 pages that include particulars about their names, passport number, name of the father/spouse, date/place of birth, address, date and place of issue, date of expiry and their photo;
  2. A clear scanned passport size photo;
  3. Filled pro-forma of the Ministry of Interior;
  4. Designation and name of your organization;
  5. Permanent address;
  6. Present address if different from the above;
  7. Phone and fax number(s), and email address;
  8. For police registration, please bring with you three photographs and three photocopies of your passport including the first four pages and the page stamped with Pakistani visa.

Documents submitted later than the Monday, September 5, 2005, will not be entertained or cleared for visa by the Ministry of Interior, Islamabad. The Ministry of Interior will issue a letter of clearance upon receipt of the relevant documents. The Ministry of Interior requires at least 8 weeks to process the application. A copy of the letter of clearance will be faxed to the speaker by the SDPI. The speaker will then approach the High Commission of Pakistan to have the visa stamped on the passport. Apart from the visa clearance letter, the speaker will also need to carry an original letter of invitation for the Conference from the SDPI while applying for the visa.

Kindly note, the SDPI can sponsor visa only for Islamabad. If a speaker intends to travel to another city in Pakistan, s/he will need to have the visa sponsored by a sponsor in that city.

Please email scanned copies of the above documents to the SDC Consultant, Shamil Shams, at: shamil@sdpi.org

 

 

Department for International Development (DFID)
Delegation of the European Commission to Pakistan (EU Delegation)
Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBL)
Action Aid Pakistan (AAP)
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Gender Equality Project (GEP)
South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE)
PAK/03/013 UN Trade Initiatives from Human Development Perspective (TIHP)

 

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