New Delhi:
An official said that about 272 Pakistani citizens have left India through the Attari-Waga border point in the last two days and are expected to exit a few hundred on Sunday, when the 12 categories of short-term visa holders ending the neighboring nation ended, an official said.
629 Indians, including 13 diplomats and officials, have returned from Pakistan through the International Border Crossing in Punjab.
Pakistani citizens were issued ‘holiday India’ notice after 26 people by the government, most of the tourists, killed by militants associated with Pakistan on 22 April in Pahgam in Jammu and Kashmir.
The time limit for SAARC visas to exit India was 26 April. For those carrying medical visas, the time limit is 29 April.
12 categories of visas whose holders have to leave India by Sunday – visa, business, film, journalist, transit, conference, mountaineering, mountaineering, student, visitor, group tourist, pilgrims and group pilgrims.
However, people with long-term and diplomatic or official visas were exempted from the ‘Holiday-India’ order.
According to officials, 191 Pakistani citizens left India on 25 April through the Attari-Waga border and on 26 April 81 more exited.
Officials said that on April 25, 287 Indians from Pakistan crossed India, and a total of 342 Indians, including 13 diplomats and officials, returned from Pakistan on 26 April through the Attari-Waga border.
Some of the Pakistanis may have left India through airports as well, saying, indicating that India does not have direct air connectivity with Pakistan, they may leave for other countries.
Officials said that Maharashtra had the highest number of Pakistan with short -term visas. He said that his number was around 1,000. State Minister Yogesh Kadam said on Saturday that 1,000 Pakistani citizens with short -term visas have been asked to leave India.
Around 5,050 Pakistani citizens are living in Maharashtra and most of them are on long -term visas. Officials said about 2,450 of these were 1,100 in Nagpur, 1,100 in Thane, 390 in Jalgaon, 290 in Navi Mumbai, 290 in Pimpri Chinchwad, 120 in Amravati and 15 in Mumbai.
Interestingly, 107 Pakistani citizens, who were living in Maharashtra, were inaccessible, according to officials.
In the southern state of Telangana, the police chief Jitender, citing the official record, said that 208 Pakistani citizens were living in the state, mostly in Hyderabad. Among them, 156 hold long-term visas, 13 short-term visas and 39 were accompanied by travel documents for medical and business purposes.
There were 104 Pakistani citizens in the southern coastal state Kerala, of which 99 were on long -term visas. The remaining five, either on the tourist or medical visa, have left the country.
Officials said about 228 Pakistani nationals were visited in Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, many of which have already been left from the country. On the other hand, about 12 Pakistanis have been identified in Odisha and they have all been asked to follow the fixed time frame to leave the country.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that three Pakistani citizens, who were in the state on a short -term visa, have been asked to leave.
Seven Pakistani were on a short-term visa in Gujarat-in Ahmedabad and one-one in Bharch and Vadodara. Officials said that they have either left India or are going to Sunday.
In addition, 438 Pakistani citizens are on long -term visas in the western state and include Hindus who have applied for Indian citizenship.
In the north, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Prashant Kumar said on Saturday that the process of sending back all the categories of Pakistani citizens, which has been ordered to leave India, has been completed. A Pakistani national is still in the state and will leave for Pakistan on 30 April, the DGP said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday called the Chief Ministers of all the states and asked them to ensure that there is no Pakistani in India beyond the deadline for leaving the country.
After Mr. Shah’s telephonic conversation with the Chief Ministers, the Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan organized a video conference with the Chief Secretaries and asked them to ensure that all Pakistani citizens whose visas were canceled should leave India from the deadline.
Already stressful relations between India and Pakistan increased more after the attack of Pahalgam terror, New Delhi announced a fleet of retaliation, including cancellation of visa, and Islamabad killed it with a string of tight-for-tat measures.
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