Pak origin singer-actor Salma Agha to get lifetime Indian visa

May 30, 2016 17:39

Pakistani origin veteran actor and singer Salma Agha to get lifetime Indian visa, say MHA sources.

Agha has applied for an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card and her request was being examined by the Home Ministry. The card gives multiple entry, multi-purpose life-long visa to visit India and exemption from reporting to police authorities for any length of stay in the country.

The Pakistan-born artist is a U.K. citizen. She had given her voice to few Bollywood films and acted in some of them. Agha had won the Filmfare best female playback award in 1982 for her rendition "Dil Ke armaan aansuon me beh gaye' in the movie 'Nikaah.'

The OCI card gives parity to an individual with Non-Resident Indians in financial, economic and educational fields except in the acquisition of agricultural or plantation properties.

Pic: A 2014 picture of Salma Agha with her daughter Sasha

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