'Still Waiting': Pakistan Refuses To Accept Its Citizens, Leaves Them Stranded At Attari-Wagah Border
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Pakistan has left its citizens stranded at the Attari-Wagah border as the country refused to take them back amid heightened tensions with India over Pahalgam terror attack.
Pakistan has left its citizens stranded at the Attari-Wagah crossing as the neighbouring country has completely closed its border at Wagah, officials said on Thursday.
In a relief to the Pakistanis, the Indian government had extended the time for the Pakistani nationals to leave India with proper documentation, however, the Pakistan government completely shut the Attari-Wagah border crossing point between the two countries today.
India had announced closing the border from April 30, however, it allowed the Pakistani nationals to return until further notice.
With the border shut, no one from either country crossed over to the other side on Thursday, sources told news agency PTI.
Those Pakistani nationals willing to cross the border since morning were left stranded and heartbroken as their own country refused to let them re-enter its soil.
#WATCH | Attari, Amritsar | Mohammad Shariq, whose sisters are married in Karachi, says, 'I came here with my sisters at 6 am. The border opens at 10 am. At 11 am, we asked the officials, and they said our government has given the order and we are sending people from here, but… https://t.co/OjSYt6JjAQ pic.twitter.com/vcWd8hlUhy — ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2025
'I came here with my sisters at 6 am. The border opens at 10 am. At 11 am, we asked the officials, and they said our government has given the order and we are sending people from here, but they (Pakistani side) are not allowing them to cross the order. We are still waiting here," Mohammad Shariq, whose sisters are married in Karachi, said.
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May 01, 2025, 16:48 IST
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