She said deporting individuals who have lived peacefully in India for decades would be inhumane and would inflict deep emotional distress on the families.
“We urge the government to reconsider this decision and adopt a compassionate approach regarding women, children and elderly. Deporting individuals who have lived peacefully in India for decades would not only be inhumane but also would inflict deep emotional and physical distress on families who now know no other home,” she said.
Several Pakistani women married to ex-militants came to Kashmir in 2013 under the then-chief minister Omar Abdullah’s policy that enabled the rehabilitation of ultras who had gone to Pakistan or Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir for arms training but abjured violence and wished to return to the Valley. PTI SSB RUK RUK