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, the J&K government announced an amnesty policy for “ex-militants who…had crossed over” but “have given up insurgent activities due to a change of heart and are willing to return to the state”. An official from J&K’s home department says the announcement led to the return of scores of Kashmiri men, but many of them took the Nepal route.

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2 Hindu sisters from Pakistan await their Indian citizenship 33 years after taking shelter in India because Pakistan govt is withholding a report: Details
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2 Hindu sisters from Pakistan await their Indian citizenship 33 years after taking shelter in India because Pakistan govt is withholding a report: Details

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Firstpost  

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