Did the right thing: Pak woman living in India for 26 years supports Op Sindoor
India launched military strikes against terror hideouts in Pakistan apart from a slew of measures in response to the Pahalgam attack, which claimed 26 lives. India also banned Pakistani nationals from entering the country and cancelled their existing visas. However, Pakistani nationals living in India on Long-Term Visas were exempted.Asifa Naureen, a Pakistani woman living with her husband in Kolkata for the last 26 years, holds an LTV and she supports India's Operation Sindoor strikes against Pakistan's terror factories, justifying a "tit-for-tat move".advertisementPakistani nationals carrying a Long-Term Visa were not asked to leave India under the ongoing crackdown amid worsening India-Pakistan ties. Naureen had applied for Indian citizenship years back but is still to get it. Her first husband died, after which she got married to an Indian Muslim and got settled in Kolkata.
Naureen got married to Mohammad Adbullah Qureshi in August 1999, came to India and has been staying with her husband since then. Speaking exclusively to India Today, Naureen supported the Indian government's strikes against the Pakistani terror network under Operation Sindoor, which killed over 100 terrorists in the strikes carried out on May 7.She thinks the airstrike carried out by the Air Force was the proper lesson Pakistani terrorists deserved."If someone hurts you, there is nothing wrong with hurting them back. Those killing innocent people should get a befitting answer. That's what the government has done," Naureen said while condemning terror attacks in India.advertisement"I feel bad when innocent people are killed for no reason," Naureen said, reacting to the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam's Baisaran valley, in which 25 Indians and one Nepali national were killed.Naureen, who hails from Pakistan's Lahore, often visits her birthplace every four to five years, but she has spent a considerable amount of time living in India without any hassle. She chose to shatter the narrative, run by some in India, that Muslims are not safe in the country or do not feel safe enough under the Modi government."Why should I be bothered? Nothing scares me in India. I do not have a problem with Modiji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) and he does not bother me. What have I got to do with him?" Naureen said while allaying concerns often associated with Muslims living in India.Tensions between India and Pakistan have been worsening by the day amid the ongoing military conflict. Earlier, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, banned Pakistani nationals, downsized staff at respective diplomatic missions, closed airspace to Pakistani flights, among others.The two countries have been busy exchanging fire near the Line of Control and the International Border since India launched Operation Sindoor to eliminate terror infrastructure in Pakistan and the PoK.Must Watch
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