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Pakistan and India border closure separates families
Gulf Today
|April 27, 2025
Two months ago, Haider Ali waved goodbye to his wife as she left Pakistan, crossing the border to visit her family in India. Now the husband and wife are not sure when they will see each other again.
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Pakistan and India are locked in an escalating diplomatic war of words after New Delhi said Islamabad was linked to a militant attack on tourists in Kashmir this week.
Both sides have cancelled visas for Indian and Pakistani nationals respectively and ordered them to leave, before both shut their busiest border crossing in Punjab.
Pakistan's 188 citizens have returned home from India via the Wagah border crossing in Lahore. Meanwhile, 309 Indian nationals also repatriated to their country.
Moreover, 23 Indian nationals working as part of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season IO broadcast crew have been repatriated to India.
This story is from the April 27, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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