Recently, after the Indian government suspended the visas of Pakistani nationals and ordered their deportation, many stories of Indian-Pakistani nationals have come to light. The story of some young men in India has also come to light, who were supposed to marry Pakistani girls and had made all the preparations for the wedding, but due to the tension between the two countries, their wedding wishes remained unfulfilled. The heat of the attack in Pahalgam is now being felt not only by political and economic issues but also by social and family issues. Pakistani girls living in India are also suffering the consequences. The stories of women like Sana, Razia and Maria are proof of how complex and painful the ground reality can be. Pakistani women living in India are also having to leave India and go to Pakistan, who are married in India but have not yet been granted Indian citizenship. Thus, mourning has descended on the homes they settled in just a few months ago.
There are millions of people living in India and Pakistan who want to visit each other’s countries, see the things there, understand the culture. Many Pakistanis want to come to India and see the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort and other places. Along with this, many Indians want to go to Lahore and see the places in Pakistan that they have heard about. It is often said in India that those who have not seen Lahore were not born. That is why the desire to see Lahore often remains in many Indians and many people also visit Lahore when they get the opportunity, but now due to the tension between the two countries, this desire of the Indian people is not possible to be fulfilled.
There are a large number of such people living in India and Pakistan, who have relatives among themselves. Although most of such people belong to the Muslim community, the relatives of the people of these two countries have been working as a bridge between the two countries and these people always wish for the relations between the two countries to be smooth. Apart from this, many traders from India and Pakistan also trade in each other’s countries and their business interests are also intertwined. Due to this, such traders also have to bear economic losses due to the closure of the India-Pakistan border.
Now, if we talk about the people living in the villages near the border of Punjab with Pakistan, their sufferings are different from those of other countries in the country. Whenever there is tension between India and Pakistan or there is a possibility of war, the first thing that is ordered is for the people of these border villages to leave their homes and go to safe places. Due to which these people start looking for safe places along with their belongings. After India’s independence, these people have had to do this many times. For this reason, the people of the border villages of Punjab say that India should resolve all the disputes with Pakistan at once so that there is no repeated war atmosphere and the people of the border villages do not have to be displaced repeatedly.
It is clear from the above details that due to the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan, a large number of common people of both countries are being crushed and are feeling embarrassed. After the Pahalgam attack, while India was forced to take such strict action, Pakistan also took strict decisions in response to India, the common people of both countries are suffering the consequences.
Due to the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan, the common people of both countries are not understanding for what crime they are being punished. This is not the first time that such a situation has arisen before the people of both countries, but before this, tension has arisen between India and Pakistan many times and both countries have reached the brink of war many times.
Keeping in mind the national interests and security of India, it was necessary to tighten the visa policy, but many innocent people have also become victims of it. The government is now expected to take a compassionate decision on humanitarian grounds in these cases. What is needed is for the tension between the two countries to end and for friendly relations to be established. For this, the leading leaders of both countries will have to make efforts.
