North India Statesman
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New Delhi: After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India on Wednesday ordered Pakistanis who came on SAARC visas to leave the country. The Government of India on Thursday canceled all types of visas, including medical of Pakistani citizens and ordered them to leave India by 29 April. On the other hand, India on Thursday called a meeting of ambassadors from G20 countries, making diplomatic attacks on Pakistan and gave detailed information about the Pahalgam terror attack.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that the government has canceled all types of visas for all Pakistani citizens. Visa services for Pakistani citizens have been suspended with immediate effect. The Pakistani citizens who have visa period in India should go to Pakistan before April 27. Additionally, Pakistani citizens who have been given medical visas will have to leave India and return to their country by April 29.
On the other hand, Indian citizens have also been advised to avoid traveling to Pakistan. Along with this, Indians present in Pakistan have also been instructed to return to India immediately. Pakistani citizens have started returning home due to the closure of the Attari-Wagah border by the Government of India. Pakistani citizens are gathering on the Wagah border. A family from Karachi said that he came to India on April 15 on a 45 -day visa to meet his relatives, but now he has to return. Criticizing the Pahalgam attack, he said, “What happened was completely wrong.” There should be mutual brotherhood and friendship between the two countries. We do not want hatred. Another Pakistani citizen named Mansoor said that he and his family had come to India on a 90 -day visa on April 15, but now they have to return today.
Meanwhile, India called a diplomatic attack on Pakistan and called a meeting of ambassadors from G20 countries on Thursday. In this meeting, he was given detailed information about the terrorist attack by Pakistani terrorists in Pahalgam. A meeting was held at the Ministry of External Affairs in South Block with top ambassadors from countries like America, Britain, European Union, Italy, Qatar, Japan, China, Russia, Germany, France etc. Apart from this, the government has also blocked Pakistan’s website and X account in India, due to which no Pakistani post will be seen in India.
On the other hand, the echo of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam is not yet calm that during the search operation in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, a special force soldier of the army was killed in an encounter between security forces and militants. The soldiers conducted a search operation after receiving information about the presence of terrorists in Dudu-Basantgarh area of Udhampur. During this time, the terrorists fired on the soldiers, in which Havildar Jantu Ali Sheikh of 6 paras of Special Forces was martyred.
