Srinagar: In the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack attack that left 26 people, mostly tourists dead, nearly sixty Pakistani women and their children, most of them married to former Kashmiri militants, were deported to Pakistan through Wagah border on Tuesday.
According to the details, the families, gathered from districts including Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara, Budgam, and Shopian, were escorted in buses to Punjab for handover to Pakistani authorities.
Many of the women had entered Kashmir under the 2010 rehabilitation policy for former militants.
Eleven Pakistani nationals who had entered India on valid visas nearly 45 years ago in Mendhar, Poonch, were also sent back.
Pertinently, after the Pahalgam attack, Home Minister of India Amit Shah had directed heads of the States and Union Territories to identify and remove and deport Pakistani citizens from their respective States and UTs immediately. (KNO)
