After counterterrorism praise, Trump set to impose travel ban on Pakistan: Report
The Donald Trump administration carried out an evaluation of security risks that led them to ban entry for Pakistani and Afghan nationals. The ban will start going into effect during the following week.
Rhetorically praising Pakistani support in antiterrorism brought US government officials to reveal a forthcoming travel ban targeting Pakistani citizens. According to news agency the travel limitations will affect citizens of Pakistan and Afghanistan based on new security assessments from the government and they will begin enactment the upcoming week.
US-based terrorist
On his inaugural day as president Trump signed an executive memorandum to boost the security checks for foreign applicants seeking entry into the United States.His cabinet received instructions to present a travel restriction list by March 12 for countries whose screening system failed to meet standards.According to sources multiple nations apart from Pakistan and Afghanistan could face travel restrictions in accordance with new reports. During his congressional debut address Trump praised Pakistan for apprehending Taliban terrorist Mohammad Sharifullah because American troops held the US-based terrorist responsible for the Kabul airport attack that year. I extend my gratitude to the Pakistan government for their cooperation in apprehending this evil person.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
The 13 murdered families together with their many injured members experienced this day as their most important event according to Trump. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif responded to Trump's comment by thanking him and termed it a signal of a new chapter in Pakistan’s relation with Washington. "We will continue to work closely with the United States to ensure regional peace and stability," Sharif said on Wednesday, hours after Trump thanked Pakistan for the arrest and said that Sharifullah was on his way to the United States.
US-Pakistan Relations
The US and Pakistan’s troubled relationship was exacerbated by suspicions that Islamabad was backing Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers. Pakistan denies such support. In 2017, President Trump in his first term of office announced a travel ban for seven Muslim-majority countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The travel ban was later scrapped by Joe Biden.
