Haider Ali waved his family goodnight as she crossed the border into India to visit her family in Pakistan two months ago. The pair isn’t confident when they will see each other again right now.
After New Delhi claimed Islamabad was linked to a violent attack on travellers in Indian-administered Kashmir this year, Pakistan and India are engaged in an ever-increasing political conflict.
Both parties have ordered the Indian and Pakistani citizens to depart, respectively, before both have closed Punjab’s busiest border crossing.
She lives on the American border, and they won’t let her combination. I’m very concerned, Ali, a 31-year-old heat specialist, told AFP.
As he waited for information on the Muslim side of the border, Ali claimed his wife, an American national, has a Muslim card that is valid until November and that she is soon returning home.
” The real terrorists may be apprehended and taken down, but it’s normal folks like us who are suffering unfairly,” he continued.
Two of the runaway gunmen, who are allegedly Pakistanis, are being sought by American police.