{"id":11002,"date":"2026-08-13T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=11002"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:08:09","slug":"peshawar-high-court-orders-decision-on-afghan-businessmans-visa-extension-within-15-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=11002","title":{"rendered":"Peshawar High Court Orders Decision on Afghan Businessman\u2019s Visa Extension Within 15 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PESHAWAR:<\/strong> The Peshawar High Court has issued a written judgment in a petition challenging the refusal to extend the visa of an Afghan businessman and his family, directing the relevant authorities to decide their pending visa extension applications within <strong>15 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the written judgment, the petitioners are engaged in business activities in Pakistan and are registered taxpayers with the <strong>Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)<\/strong>. They also possess National Tax Numbers (NTNs) and are members of the <strong>Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court observed that the <strong>Director General of Immigration and Passports, Islamabad<\/strong>, had failed to decide the visa extension applications of the petitioner and his family members within a reasonable time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delay in deciding the applications had caused difficulties for the petitioners. The court stated that visa extension requests should be considered and decided in accordance with the law within a reasonable period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the judgment, the petitioners had formally submitted applications even after the expiry of their visa validity, but no decision had so far been made on those applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high court directed the relevant authorities to examine the pending visa extension applications in accordance with the law and issue a detailed decision within <strong>15 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The written judgment further clarified that the authorities must decide the applications on the basis of the applicable law and the available record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court directed the concerned officials to avoid keeping the visa extension matter pending unnecessarily and to complete the process within the prescribed period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has issued a written judgment in a petition challenging the refusal to extend the visa of an Afghan businessman and..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-2026-08-13T190751.246.jpg",864,517,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-2026-08-13T190751.246-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-2026-08-13T190751.246-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-2026-08-13T190751.246-768x460.jpg",768,460,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-2026-08-13T190751.246.jpg",864,517,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-2026-08-13T190751.246.jpg",864,517,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture-2026-08-13T190751.246.jpg",864,517,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11004,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions\/11004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}