Amid the strict border restrictions post-Pahalam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, the central government has granted relief to Pakistani citizens stranded in India, allowing them to return to their country via the Attari International Border.
The development comes despite an earlier order to completely suspend all movement and trade across the border starting May 1.
“The order has been reviewed, and, in partial modification, it is now ordered that Pakistani nationals may be allowed to exit India to go into Pakistan from the Integrated Check Post at Attari till further orders, with due clearance,” the latest order said.
In the six days since the Centre’s direction, as many as 786 Pakistani nationals, including 55 diplomats and their support staff, left India through the Attari-Wagah border crossing. From Pakistan, 1,465 Indians have crossed over to India.
