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New Indian Express
26-04-2025
- New Indian Express
A 15-member Hindu family from Pakistan moved to Delhi camp from Haryana's Hisar
CHANDIGARH: A family of 15 Pakistani Hindus who came to India last year have been sent to a camp near Majnu Ka Tila in Delhi by the state police. They came from Pakistan to Rajasthan's Jaisalmer and later shifted to Balsamand village in Hisar, Haryana. This family joined many such families who are already living in this camp near Majnu Ka Tila. There are also families in another camp near Signature Bridge in the national capital. They face an uncertain future. Sources said that the family of 15 was put in a bus by the Haryana Police and taken to Majnu Ka Tila camp. It was in July 2024 that the family hailing from Sindh in Pakistan reached India. They entered the country via Rajasthan and spent some time in Delhi. From there, they moved to Balsamand village after they came in contact with a local villager who facilitated their relocation. Most of the family members have been working as daily-wagers and were getting meager earnings but they hoped never to return to Pakistan where they often faced religious persecution. One of them said that they never thought that they would end up in such a situation. Being Hindus they were subjected to continuous harassment and faced religious persecution in Pakistan and not to mention the socio-economic hardships. He added that they also taken land of rent and were growing vegetables, pulses and fruits and trying to settle down as slowly people started trusting them. But now they are not sure how long they will stay in the camp and what is there fate. A police official confirmed that the family has been shifted to a camp in the national capital from the village. Balsamand police chowki in-charge Shesh Karan said the family was handed over to the Delhi authorities. Another police official said that this family moved to Hisar in August last year from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan with help of one Shamsher Singh of Balsamad village. Sources said that there are many such families which have come to India from the neighboring country and have not got citizenship or as per rough estimates some few hundred such people are living near Majnu Ka Tila and also another few hundred such families are living near Signature Bridge in Delhi but of these some of them have got their citizenship certificates.
Hindustan Times
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Pahalgam terror attack fallout: Pakistani Hindu family taken from Hisar to Delhi camp
A day after the Centre gave Pakistani nationals 48 hours to leave the country after the Pahalgam terror attack, 15 members of a Hindu family from the neighbouring country who were staying at Balsamand village in Hisar district of Haryana for the past eight months were taken to a Pakistani camp in New Delhi on Thursday. Balsamand police post in-charge Shesh Karan said over phone on Friday that Haryana Police personnel had taken the Pakistani Hindu family to Delhi for security reasons. Though the Union government cancelled visas of all Pakistani citizens on Wednesday, the ministry of external affairs on Thursday clarified that the revocation did not apply to long-term visas issued to Hindu Pakistani nationals. 'With reference to the Government of India's decision to suspend visa services to Pakistani nationals, it is clarified that the revocation of visas does not apply to long-term visas (LTVs) issued to Hindu Pakistani nationals. These LTVs remain valid,' the ministry said in a release. The family of 72-year-old Sobho, who goes by one name, had been staying at Balsamand for the past eight months. 'Their visa expired on August 25 last year. Their plea to stay on was accepted by the government, following which their visa had been extended,' said a senior police officer from Hisar, requesting anonymity. The Pakistani family was living in a room of a private hospital in the village and most members worked as farm labourers to make ends meet. 'The police escorted them from Balsamand to Delhi. Reports that the family's visa had expired are false,' sub-inspector Shesh Karan said. He refused to share the duration of the validity of their visa. According to officials, Balsamand resident Shamsher Singh had helped the Pakistani Hindu family shift to Balsamand from Jaisalmer last August. 'Shamsher and his Delhi-based friend Hari Om had been helping Pakistani Hindu families when their houses were demolished by the administration in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district in 2023. It's there that they came in contact with Pakistani citizen Dayal Dass and he urged them to help Sobho and his family, who were facing harassment in Pakistan. Sobho along with 14 other members of his family applied for a visa in 2024 and came to India. Shamsher and Hari Om settled them in Balsamand,' the senior police officer said.
