272 Pakistani nationals have left india in the past two days through the Attari-Wagah border point. The deadline for exiting india for those holding SAARC visas was april 26.


New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) Around 272 Pakistani nationals have left india in the past two days through the Attari-Wagah border point and a few hundred more are expected to exit on sunday when the deadline for the 12 categories of short-term visa holders of the neighboring nation ends, an official said.

As many as 629 indians, including 13 diplomats and officials, have returned from pakistan through the international border crossing located in Punjab.

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The deadline for exiting india for those holding SAARC visas was april 26. For those carrying medical visas, the deadline is april 29.

The 12 categories of visas whose holders have to leave india by sunday are -- visa on arrival, business, film, journalist, transit, conference, mountaineering, student, visitor, group tourist, pilgrim, and group pilgrim.

However, those having long-term and diplomatic or official visas were exempted from the 'Leave-India' order.

According to officials, 191 Pakistani nationals left india through the Attari-Wagah border on april 25 and 81 more exited on april 26.

As many as 287 indians crossed into india from pakistan On april 25, and altogether 342 indians, including 13 diplomats and officials, returned from pakistan through the Attari-Wagah border on april 26, officials said.

Some of the Pakistanis might have left india through airports too, they said, pointing out that since india does not have direct air connectivity with pakistan, they might have left for other countries.

Officials said the highest number of Pakistanis with short-term visas were staying in Maharashtra. Their number was pegged at around 1,000, they said. The state's minister Yogesh Kadam on saturday said the 1,000 Pakistani nationals with short-term visas have been asked to leave India.

Around 5,050 Pakistani citizens have been living in maharashtra and most of them are on long-term visas. Of these, around 2,450 were in Nagpur, 1,100 in Thane, 390 in Jalgaon, 290 in Navi Mumbai, 290 in Pimpri Chinchwad, 120 in Amravati and 15 in Mumbai, officials said.

Interestingly, 107 Pakistani nationals, who were staying in maharashtra were, untraceable, according to officials.

In the southern state of Telangana, police chief Jitender cited official records to say that as many as 208 Pakistani nationals were staying in the state, mostly in Hyderabad. Among them, 156 hold long-term visas, 13 short-term visas and 39 were with the travel document for medical and business purposes.

There were 104 Pakistani nationals in the southern coastal state of Kerala, of whom 99 were on long-term visas. The remaining five, who were on either tourist or medical visas, have left the country.

Central India's madhya pradesh had around 228 visiting Pakistani nationals, many of whom have left the country already, officials said. On the other hand, around 12 Pakistanis have been identified in odisha and all of them have been asked to follow the deadline set for them to leave the country.


Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant has said three Pakistani nationals, who were in the state on short-term visas, have been asked to leave.

Seven Pakistanis were in gujarat on short-term visas -- five in ahmedabad and one each in Bharuch and Vadodara. They have either left india or are leaving by sunday, officials said.

Besides, 438 Pakistani nationals are in the western state on long-term visas…
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27/04/2025 05:55 PM