As many as 786 Pakistani nationals, together with 55 diplomats, their dependents and assist employees, in addition to eight Indians with Pakistani visa, have left India by means of the Attari-Wagah border crossing within the final six days following a Government Order within the wake of the Pahalgam terror assault, officers stated on Wednesday (April 29, 2025.)
A total of 1,465 Indians, together with 25 diplomats and officers, in addition to 151 Pakistani residents with long-term Indian visas have crossed over to India from Pakistan by means of the International Border crossing situated in Punjab since April 24.
The ‘Leave India’ discover to the Pakistani nationals was issued by the federal government after 26 folks, principally vacationers, had been killed by Pakistan-linked terrorists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. The deadline for exiting India for these holding SAARC visas was April 26. For these carrying medical visas, the deadline was April 29.
The deadline for 12 different classes of visas was April 27. These had been visas on arrival and visas for enterprise, movie, journalist, transit, convention, mountaineering, scholar, customer, group vacationer, pilgrim and group pilgrims.
Three Defence/Military, Naval and Air Advisors within the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi had been declared Persona Non Grata on April 23 they usually got one week to depart India.
Five assist employees of these defence attaches had been additionally requested to depart India. India has additionally withdrawn its defence connected from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. However, these having long-term, diplomatic or official visas had been exempted from the ‘Leave-India’ order.
The officers instructed PTI that altogether 94 Pakistani nationals, together with 10 diplomats, left India by means of the Attari-Wagah border crossing level on April 29; 145 Pakistanis, together with 36 diplomats, their dependents and assist employees, left on April 28; a total of 237 Pakistanis, together with 9 diplomats and officers, left India on April 27; 81 left on April 26; 191 on April 25 and 28 on April 24.
“Eight Indian nationals with Pakistani visa have also left India through the International Border crossing point on April 29,” the sources stated.
“Similarly, altogether 469 Indians, including 11 diplomats and officials, returned from Pakistan through the same route on April 29; 146 Indians returned on April 28; 116 Indians, including one diplomat, on April 27; 342 Indians, including 13 diplomats and officials, came back on April 26; 287 Indians crossed over from Pakistan on April 25 and 105 Indians returned on April 24,” the officers stated.
A total of 22 Pakistani nationals with long-term Indian visas got here to the nation by means of the Attari-Wagah border on April 29 and 129 extra Pakistanis with the identical class of the visas entered India on April 28.
Officials stated some of the Pakistanis might need left India by means of airports too, declaring that since India doesn’t have direct air connectivity with Pakistan, they could have left for a 3rd nation.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 25 known as up the Chief Ministers of all States and requested them to make sure that no Pakistani stays in India past the deadline set for leaving the nation.
537 Pakistanis go away through Attari; no order to increase deadline, say officers
After Mr. Shah’s telephonic conversations with the Chief Ministers, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan additionally held a video convention with the Chief Secretaries and requested them to make sure that all Pakistani nationals whose visas had been revoked should go away India by the deadline fastened.
The already strained relations between India and Pakistan nosedived additional after the horrific Pahalgam terror assault, with New Delhi asserting a raft of measures, together with the cancellation of visas, towards Islamabad, which hit again with a string of tit-for-tat measures.
Published – April 30, 2025 05:07 pm IST
