Pak players coming for Shooting World Cup will get the visa

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 12:10 PM

Pak players coming for Shooting World Cup will get the visa

New Delhi, Feb 18: The Secretary of the National Rifle Association of India, Rajiv Bhatia, on Monday confirmed that India would grant the visa to the Pakistani players to participate in the forthcoming Shooting World Cup, scheduled to be New Delhi later this month.


Bhatia said that the Indian Home Ministry has approved their visa and forwarded it to the High Commission and Islamabad.


Home Ministry has given its approval and it has been now forwarded to High Commission and Islamabad. "On Friday, I got a call from the Indian High Commission and they confirmed the names of the shooters again and hopefully today the Visa will be granted," Bhatia told.


The secretary further informed that one coach and two Pakistani rifle shooters are expected to arrive on February 20 and asserted that the Home Ministry is in no denial on their visa. They wrote to us that they are scheduled to come on 20th (February). They wrote to us that we will get flight details once the visa is granted. Visa will not be denied. Home Ministry is very clear about it so there is no denial on that, he said. Shooting World Cup 2019 is slated to be held from February 20 to 28 in New Delhi. The tournament holds significance as there are 16 Tokyo 2020 Olympics quota places up for grabs