‘Look who’s bearing brunt’: Children separated from mothers, tears at Attari-Wagah ahead of India exit deadline

Hundreds of Pakistani people continued to depart India across the Attari-Wagah land border point on Sunday, despite heightened diplomatic tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the Pahalgam terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. The Centre has urged Pakistani nationals visiting India on a SAARC visa to leave by April 26, with the rest departing on April 27. Medical visas awarded to Pakistani nationals are valid till April 29.

Visa on arrival, business, film, journalist, transit, conference, mountaineering, student, visitor, group tourist, pilgrim, and group pilgrim are the 12 types of visas that require holders to leave India by Sunday. Those who go past the new restrictions will face legal consequences under the recently passed Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025.

Hundreds of Indian nationals gathered near the Attari border in Amritsar district to bid farewell to their Pakistani relatives. According to PTI, around 272 Pakistani nationals have left India, while up to 629 Indians, including 13 diplomats and officials, have returned from Pakistan.