Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday directed the senior officials to identify the Pakistani citizens residing in the state and start the process of sending them back with immediate effect.
The Delhi government said that it is enforcing the Centre's order, which revokes all existing visas issued to Pakistani citizens -- except for medical, diplomatic, and long-term visas -- with immediate effect.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced that following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, the process of identifying Pakistani citizens in the state has been accelerated.
In a significant development amid heightened diplomatic tensions, the Indian government on Friday revoked all categories of visas issued to Pakistani citizens, except long term visas, diplomatic and official visas, with immediate effect from April 27.
A group of 300 Pakistani citizens of Indian origin, residing in Pakistan's Sindh, visited the Dwarkadhish Temple, Devbhumi Dwarka in Gujarat and offered prayers.
While addressing a weekly press conference on Thursday, Pakistan's Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, "...Pakistan has no designs of entering into any talks with a terror group that has been involved in killings of Pakistani citizens...."
In October last year the Pakistani administration had announced 'Illegal Foreigners' Repatriation Plan' which stated that all Afghan refugees must leave Pakistan within 30 days, or will be forced to leave the country after the deadline.
During their conversation, the Iranian Foreign Minister emphasised that the attack was on the Iranian terrorist group and that no Pakistani citizens were attacked.