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We are still waiting to get guidance from higher ups in this regard
a senior police officer of Police Headquarters said There is no one at home to care for my children. My husband, who lives in Karachi, is suffering from kidney disease. He is not well. My family needs me there. I appeal to the government to also allow me to go to Pakistan
A mother is incomplete without her children and vice versa. How could three daughters live without their mother?”
Irrespective of the bilateral tension, those who have come for medical treatment, should be given exemption. Similarly, children should not be separated from their father or mother,
The restrictions imposed are not fair,
The police officials had called us today (on Monday) and sought our details. They have shared our details with the senior officials of the Haryana government and asked us to wait for the fate of three other family members. I urge the Haryana government not to send my wife and two children to Pakistan as the Hindus are facing atrocities there. We have followed all norms and laws in India,
With reference to the Government of India’s decision to suspend visa services to Pakistani nationals, it is clarified that the revocation of visas does not apply to long-term visas (LTVs) issued to Hindu Pakistani nationals. These LTVs remain valid,
The family head has Indian citizenship and other members are Pakistan nationals and are staying on long-term visas,
Following the government directives, we have asked the Pakistani nationals to leave India before the set deadline. Now, as the deadline has passed, we will act according to the government’s directions.”
Responding to the issue, an official from the Foreigners Registration Office (FRO) said We arrived on April 19 on a 45-day visa to visit relatives. Before coming, we sold everything we had in Pakistan. Our extended family is already settled here. There’s no one left for us back there. We have applied for Long Term Visas so we can stay here permanently.”
Suresh, a member of the family, shared their plight, saying India is good; there’s nothing left for us in Pakistan. Prices are high, and there’s no work,
says a young child from a Pakistani Hindu family, standing outside the CID-Crime Branch (CID-CB) office in Barmer What happened in Pahalgam is tragic, but we have nothing to do with it. We only want peace and a future for our children. We request the government to allow us to stay in India
They [the five Pakistani nationals] have no reason to worry. However, as a precaution, their profiles are being reviewed closely,
Long-term visa holders are exempt from the government’s recent orders. Their stay remains legal, but the monitoring has been heightened due to the current sensitive situation,
I was certainly Pakistan’s daughter once, but now I am India’s daughter-in-law. I don’t want to go back. I want to live here as an Indian at heart,
said Maryam, 29, as she broke down while talking to HT with her husband Amir sitting beside her I am deeply saddened by the Pahalgam incident. The culprits must be punished. But what is my fault? I am pregnant. How can I travel in such a condition
We have submitted a ‘mercy petition’ to the President. We trust the administration’s decision and will comply accordingly,
A final decision on her departure will be made after further guidelines from the government. Meanwhile, her exit form has been filled in but she will stay here until new orders come,
Minor children cannot be sent back forcibly,
