Pakistani man travels to India on IndiGo flight, surprises Mumbai airport officials

Waqas Hassan, a Pakistani entrepreneur, shared his experience of flying with an Indian airline and experiencing a layover in Mumbai.

Mar,20:A Pakistani entrepreneur has revealed that he travelled to India on an IndiGo flight, surprising thousands of people. While technically, Pakistani passport holders can travel to India after obtaining a visa, the visa application process for Pakistani citizens is more stringent due to historical tensions and security concerns between India and Pakistan. Leisure tourism between the two countries is rare.

What Waqas Hassan did, however, was perfectly legal – even though he did not obtain an Indian visa. The Pakistani entrepreneur booked an IndiGo flight with a six-hour layover in Mumbai while travelling from Singapore to Saudi Arabia.

In an Instagram video, Hassan explained that people with a Pakistani passport can fly to India as long as it’s a connecting flight. Pakistani citizens are not allowed to exit the airport during the layover – which means that self check-in flights are not allowed for Pakistanis.

“This time I’m flying from Singapore to Saudi Arabia. And currently I’m in Mumbai,” Hassan said while walking through Mumbai airport in his Instagram video.

Hassan, the founder of AiForAll, evidently enjoyed his short stay at Mumbai airport. He spent time at an airport lounge, bought a few souvenirs and even tried the most popular snack of Mumbai – vada pav. “It’s a pretty fun feeling,” he said.(Hindustan Times)