Maharashtra govt will not ask Hindu-Sindhi Pakistani citizens to leave the state, short-term visa holders must exit
NF Times
|May 01, 2025
The Maharashtra Government has decided not to ask Pakistani citizens from the Hindu-Sindhi community to leave the state, as most of them are either staying on long-term visas or have applied for Indian citizenship.
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These individuals will be given protection in India. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that Pakistani citizens belonging to the Hindu-Sindhi community will not be asked to leave the state.
According to official data, there are a total of 5,053 Pakistani citizens currently residing in Maharashtra. Of these, the highest number—2,458—are in Nagpur, followed by 393 in Jalgaon, 293 in Navi Mumbai, 290 in Pimpri-Chinchwad, 117 in Amravati, and just 14 in Mumbai.
In the wake of the recent Pahalgam terrorist attack, the Central Government has decided to ask Pakistani citizens to leave India by April 30 of this year.
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