The request is under "active consideration" of the Union home ministry, he said.
Giving a new fillip to its relations with Pakistan, India has started visa on arrival facility for senior citizens of that country.
The visa-on-arrival facility at the Attari-Wagah check post to Pakistani nationals over 65 years of age will begin from January 15, but they would not be able to stay in Punjab, Kerala and Jammu & Kashmir.
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