[Windflier]

It is a speculation based on the statement that travel to Pakistan on an American passport in 1981 was prohibited by the State Dept. That may be speculation too. I haven't run across a verification of that travel status.

Sheeesh, how could I have forgotten? See what happens when you're in data overload? LOL

Of course, I remember the contention about the travel ban to Pakistan, now.

Someone posted to one (or more) of these threads that the 80's travel ban to Pakistan is a myth. The poster actually had some evidence to back it up, though I don't recall that evidence now.

I do remember them making the point that the US had just given Pakistan a rather large foreign aid package at that time, and were considered an ally, so there wouldn't have been a travel ban for Americans.

[TigersEye]

I do remember them making the point that the US had just given Pakistan a rather large foreign aid package at that time, and were considered an ally, so there wouldn't have been a travel ban for Americans.

Are you certain about that? I don't know anything about our official relations with Paki then or travel bans or regulations regarding travel bans. I would like to see someone nail all of that down.