KARACHI, May 1: The Indian scholars and poets, who were invited to read papers at the four-day international conference on ‘Sindh: Past, Present and Future’, could not attend the conference, as they were not issued visas by the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi.

The organisers of the conference, which was opened by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on April 29, found themselves in embarrassing situation in the absence of Indian delegates. However, the organisers were intimated officials on the third day of the conference that visas for the delegates were being arranged.

This was announced by Prof Saleem Memon, secretary of the organizing committee on Sunday while conducting the second session I at a local hotel.Prof Memon said that following the meetings of prime minister with the governor and chief minister, visas for the delegates were being arranged. However, he said, since the delegates might not make it to attend the conference, the committee decided to organise a seminar along with a cultural evening. He had requested Sindh chief minister to be the chief guest at the seminar.