“Finally, I have met my wife and child after the long wait and now we are leaving back for our home town, thank god,’’ he said and added that they got married in 2017. “She has been on a Long Term Visa (LTV) for the past eight years, which is valid until 2026,’’ he said. Another Indian national, Rishi Kumar from Kolhapur in Maharashtra, has also been stranded at the ICP Attari for the past few days, waiting for his wife and children.He expressed his gratitude to the authorities as his wife, Savita, who hails from a town in Balochistan and had gone back to meet her family along with her 10-year-old twins, Saysha and Revansh, returned.”Initially, the authorities told that only the children can enter India as they are Indian passport holders. I knew they will have to give permission and I can come back to India,” said Savita.”I have been married for the last 12 years, and I have gone to Pakistan three times. I have never encountered such a problem before,” she added.Rishi said that he is thankful to the authorities that he was able to reunite with his family. Another Pakistani national, Asma, who had gone to Pakistan two months ago to visit her parents, said she was happy that she was allowed to cross over to India as she was holding the NORI certificate and long-term visa (LTV).The NORI certificates are issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for brief visits to Pakistan, and holders are allowed to return to India without any restrictions. Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) president and Member of Provincial Assembly of Pakistan, Punjab, Ramesh Singh Arora, claimed that he had raised this issue with the Pakistan Government.
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