After 20 yrs, Pakistani woman compelled to leave family in Chhotaudepur
Updated: Apr 28th, 2025
'Love knows no boundaries’, but in the context of warring neighbours India and Pakistan, families and loved ones are being torn apart. They have been ordered to leave their respective host nations within four days, amid rising tensions following the recent Pahalgam terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed 28 lives.
A woman in Chhotaudepur, a Pakistani national, is bearing the brunt of the policy change as she now has to leave behind a family she has stayed with for 20 years.
The government mandate of visa suspension means Bushra Banu will have to leave behind her three children and husband in Chhotaudepur.
The family claims that they have been waiting for Indian citizenship for the last 20 years, but were only granted short-term visas every two years.
In 2005, Bushra was married to Memon as per traditional customs. They initially lived in Hyderabad, where they applied for an Indian visa for Bushra, but did not get one. Later, the couple, along with their three children, moved to the Memon Colony area in Nasvadi, Chhotaudepur.
In the government’s five-point action plan after the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that all valid visas issued by India to Pakistani nationals will be revoked starting April 27.
With the government’s order for Pakistani nationals to leave the country, the police are investigating and verifying the woman’s documents. Administrative authorities are also awaiting further instructions from the government. Meanwhile, the Memon family’s dilemma prevails as the children are likely to be separated from their mother.
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