CHANDIGARH: Ensure exemplary punishment for the Pahalgam terror attack perpetrators but spare the regular folks from bearing the brunt.That was the common refrain among Pakistani visitors at the Attari-Wagah land route racing to exit India ahead of a short deadline.India has announced that all visas issued to Pakistani nationals will be revoked from April 27 and advised Indians residing in Pakistan to return home at the earliest, as tensions between the two countries escalated over the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists.Medical visas issued to Pakistani nationals are valid till April 29.Most of the Pakistani nationals exiting told PTI that they had come to meet their kin in India.Some were here to attend weddings but now have to rush back home without participating.”It was my niece’s wedding today. I came after 10 years but still couldn’t attend the ceremony,” said a visibly upset Baskari, a Karachi resident who had come to Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur along with her husband.Her husband Mohd Rasheed said that they arrived in India on April 10 on a 45-day visa.”My wife was born in India and my in-laws live here. The wedding was to take place in Saharanpur district today. Police came to our relative’s home and asked us to leave immediately,” he said.His wife said, “It is saddening to leave on the day of the wedding. Peace should prevail between the two nations.” “Whatever happened in Pahalgam is wrong. Those behind it should be severely punished, but the common people should not have to face the brunt. People carrying out such acts have nothing to do with religion. Common people on both sides love each other. A handful of terrorists spoil the atmosphere,” Rasheed said.Another Pakistani national heading back home said he was in India for his mother’s treatment and was lucky enough that it was over just a couple of days ago.
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