Families torn, couples split: Attari-Wagah border witnesses tears of separation

A Pakistani woman holds a child inside a bus before crossing into Pakistan at the Attari-Wagah border crossing, after India revoked visas and suspended visa services to Pakistani citizens, following an attack on tourists near Pahalgam in south Kashmir, India April 30, 2025. (Reuters)

A Pakistani woman reacts as she sits inside a bus before crossing into Pakistan at the Attari-Wagah border crossing, after India revoked visas and suspended visa services to Pakistani citizens, following an attack on tourists near Pahalgam in south Kashmir, India April 30, 2025. (Reuters)

Bashir Ahemad Shek, an Indian national, reacts emotionally after Jammu and Kashmir Police detained his wife Seema Basheer to deport her to Pakistan, at the Attari-Wagah border checkpost near Amritsar, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. India has announced the closure of the Attari border as part of heightened security measures following the Pahalgam terror attacks. (PTI)

A child gestures as he is brought by bus from Jammu and Kashmir by police, along with his mother, before being deported to Pakistan, at the Attari-Wagah border checkpost near Amritsar, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. India has announced the closure of the Attari border as part of heightened security measures following the Pahalgam terror attacks. (PTI)

Mufzala, a Pakistani national, with her 40-day-old child of Indian origin who was stopped by authorities to go with her, arrives to cross over to her home country, at the Attari-Wagah border checkpost near Amritsar, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. India has announced the closure of the Attari border as part of heightened security measures following the Pahalgam terror attacks. (PTI)

Police bring detained Pakistan nationals, who were living in Jammu and Kashmir, to deport them to Pakistan, at the Attari-Wagah border checkpost near Amritsar, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. India has announced the closure of the Attari border as part of heightened security measures following the Pahalgam terror attacks. (PTI)

Police bring detained Pakistan nationals, who were living in Jammu and Kashmir, to deport them to Pakistan, at the Attari-Wagah border checkpost near Amritsar, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. India has announced the closure of the Attari border as part of heightened security measures following the Pahalgam terror attacks. (PTI)

Tarum, a Pakistani national, looks through the window of a bus as she is being brought from Jammu and Kashmir to be deported to Pakistan, at the Attari-Wagah border checkpost near Amritsar, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. India has announced the closure of the Attari border as part of heightened security measures following the Pahalgam terror attacks. (PTI)

A Pakistani woman sits inside a bus before crossing into Pakistan at the Attari-Wagah border crossing, after India revoked visas and suspended visa services to Pakistani citizens, following an attack on tourists near Pahalgam in south Kashmir, India April 30, 2025. (Reuters)

Pakistani national Sara Khan, married to Indian citizen Aurangzeb, right, carrying their children arrives at the Attari-Wagah border check-post as she prepares to return to her country without her husband, near Amritsar, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (PTI)

Radha, right, a Pakistani national who was living in Jammu & Kashmir, with her relative as she is being deported to her country through the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the Attari-Wagah border, near Amritsar, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (PTI)

Families torn, couples split: Attari-Wagah border witnesses tears of separation

Sarita, a Pakistani national, told PTI that her Indian mother was being denied permission by authorities at Attari to accompany their family to Pakistan, citing a restriction on Indian passport holders, despite her parents having been married since 1991

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