Deputy Secretary-general of Pakistan National Unity Council, Thaqeb Akbar, said that "the Gulf States stance towards the Kashmir issue after the Indian government abolished autonomy in the occupied region of the territory was a shock to the Pakistani people and a slap to all the governments that came in the country."

Bahrain has lifted the ban on issuing visas to Pakistan, reported number of Pakistani media outlets.

Pakistani Ambassador in Manama said that the Pakistani community in Manama will hold 10 ceremonies in celebration of Bahraini National Day.

Bahrain Mirror: The community care advisor in Embassy of Pakistan in the Bahraini capital Manama, Maqsoud Lader Jah, revealed that 100 thousand Pakistanis live in Bahrain with about 20% of them working as security guards in the Bahraini Ministry of Interior.