Ian Botham, the former England cricketer, once quipped that it was the sort of place you’d send your mother-in-law. Imran Khan, Pakistan’s prime minister (and another former international cricketer), is committed to kickstarting tourism to help raise money for a welfare state. Jane Westwood of Wild Frontiers, one of the few UK operators to offer tours of Pakistan (others include Hinterland and Exodus), welcomed the changes. A glance at the Foreign Office’s travel advice is hardly reassuring. But votes of confidence from the likes of BA, along with Imran Khan’s efforts to promote tourism, could finally see it emerge as a global player.

Source: Pakistan Today April 10, 2019 05:03 UTC