Lockdown, visa expiry hold up return of Sindhi men from Pakistan
4 years, 3 months ago

Lockdown, visa expiry hold up return of Sindhi men from Pakistan

The Hindu  

Eleven Sindhi community men with a refugee status in India are stranded in Pakistan along with their newly married wives due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown and end of their visa term. Their No Objection to Return to India visa has already expired, Indore BJP Lok Sabha member Shankar Lalwani told PTI. Indore resident Sagar Kumar Bajaj, who is among the men stranded in Pakistan along with his wife, in a video message said, I came to Pakistans Jacobabad on NORI visa from Indore on February 2. My wifes visa term ended in June and we are stranded because of the lockdown.” We are facing difficulties and I want that my and my wifes visas should be issued afresh to facilitate our journey to India soon, he said.

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Set Us Free From This Cage, Let Us Return: 'Brides of Pakistan' in Frontier J&K District
3 years, 9 months ago

Set Us Free From This Cage, Let Us Return: 'Brides of Pakistan' in Frontier J&K District

News 18  

Zareena Begum, 33, came to north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district over a decade ago. Saira is at the forefront of a campaign demanding citizenship rights for “the brides of Pakistan” and their children. “If they don’t want to give us citizenship rights and passport, they should simply deport us back to Pakistan along with our families,” she says. In 2010, …

India paves the way for return of 410 Pakistani Hindus stranded across the border
4 years, 4 months ago

India paves the way for return of 410 Pakistani Hindus stranded across the border

Hindustan Times  

The Indian government has extended the term of the NORI visas issued to at least 410 Pakistani Hindu immigrants-- who were living in India on long-term visas before their intended short-trip to Pakistan earlier this year left them stranded due to the travel restrictions imposed in the wake of Covid-19—to facilitate their return to India, according to an office memorandum …

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