ISLAMABAD (IRNA) -- A four-day joint working group meeting between Pakistan and Iran was to commence on Wednesday to discuss security and visa-related issues, a senior Interior Ministry official said here on Tuesday.

According to the Pakistani-daily Dawn, the source said a nine-member team of Pakistan's interior ministry, headed by Secretary Interior Syed Kamal Shah, left for Tehran on Tuesday.

Other delegates included Baluchistan's Home Secretary Humayun Qureshi, Director General of National Crisis Management Cell Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema, Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency Tariq Pervez, Deputy Inspector General of the Frontier Corps Brig. Farrukh Bashir, Deputy Secretary Interior Javed Habib, and NCMC's director Maj. Saqib.

The source said the two side would discuss human trafficking and chalk out a joint strategy to tackle the problem.

Before leaving for Iran, secretary interior said 99 percent of human trafficking from Pakistan occurred via land route between the two countries.

Recently the government has announced a new policy for intending 'Zaireen' (pilgrims) from Pakistan, the source said.

Under the new policy, people would have to obtain a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Religious Affairs to travel to Iran and provide personal guarantees about their return.

The sources said that Pakistan and Iran would also discussed the situation arising after the indiscriminate Israeli bombings of Lebanon.

The government has also imposed a ban on travel to Lebanon from Pakistan.