JAMMU, Apr 29: Over two dozen Pakistanis including women married here were today sent to Attari border in Amritsar district of Punjab for deportation to Pakistan as per orders of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).Four women including wife of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable were sent from Jammu, 11 from Poonch and four from Rajouri district among others, officials.Among four women sent from Jammu were Menal Khan who had married CRPF constable Munir Ahmed at village Handwal in Rabta area.
Three other women, who were sent from Jammu to Attari include Ayesha Kiran married to Mohammad Shahbaz Khan and Saba Kiran married to Mohammad Shakel, both residents of Ustaad Mohalla and Rakshanda Rashi wife of Sheikh Zaheer from Mohalla Dalpatian.
Officials said the women were picked up from their houses by the police and sent to Attari border in Amritsar district of Punjab. They reached Attari this evening but further outcome was awaited as it couldn’t be ascertained immediately as to whether Pakistan has accepted them or not.
Eight Pakistanis, six of them females, were picked up from different parts of the border district of Rajouri, by the police and sent to Attari border in compliance to the MHA directions.
They include Sara Khan wife of Aurangzeb, her son Umar Hayat and Fardeen Sajjad, all residents of Budhal, Azra Bibi wife of Mohammad Din and Atiya Aslam wife of Anjum Tanvir, both from Thannamandi, Iqra Aslam daughter of Mohammad Aslam of Darhal, Anam Khalil daughter of Khalil Ahmed of Manjakote and Sarwat Begum wife of Mohammad Ishtiaq of Badoon.
Eleven civilians, four of them women, were sent to Attari from Poonch district.
They include Mohammad Shafiq, Mohammad Shakoor, Nasreen Akhter, Akseer Akhter, Nasheen Akhter, Zulfiqar Ali, Iftikhar Ali, Kouser Parveen, Shazia Tabassum, Surya Kouser and Muhammad Nouman Amjad, most of whom hailed from Mendhar tehsil in Poonch district.
Officials said eight of them were part of one family.
Ten of them were staying illegally while another had overstayed.
Meanwhile, in Srinagar authorities have transported 59 Pakistani nationals to Punjab for their repatriation to their country of origin.
According to officials, the Pakistani nationals, who were living in the Valley for decades were collected from various districts and taken in buses to Punjab, where they will be handed over to the Pakistani authorities.
The 59 deportees include the wives and children of ex-militants, who returned to the valley under the 2010 rehabilitation policy for former ultras.
Of them, 36 had been living in Srinagar, nine each in Kupwara, eight in Baramulla, four in Budgam, and two in Shopian district, officials said.
