(24 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wagah border area, Pakistan – 24 April 2025
1. Various of border area, checkpoint on Pakistani side
2. Indian flag seen in distance on the other side of the border
3. Close of Indian flag
4. Pakistani national Aksha Kumar crossing checkpoint
5. Various of Kumar standing with people
6. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Akshe Kumar, Pakistani national:
"I have been told by Indians that Pakistani nationals are not allowed to enter India. We are stuck and not able to enter India due to the notification issued by Indian government yesterday. Now, I am going back to the village that I came from."
7. Various of visitors at checkpoint, visitors waiting
8. Woman waiting, sitting on the ground
9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Inder BiBi, Indian national:
"My father was sick. That’s why I came to Pakistan. Now they (the Indians) are not allowing us to go back. Border security is saying ‘go back’ (turn around). Three of my children are there and three are with me."
10. Sign at border area
11. Border area, Indian flag in distance
STORYLINE:
Families are stuck on Pakistan’s side of the border with India following recent tensions between the two countries.
India and Pakistan cancelled visas for their nationals to each other’s countries and Islamabad warned New Delhi for suspending a water-sharing treaty Thursday after India blamed Pakistan for a deadly attack by gunmen that killed 26 people in disputed Kashmir.
Pakistani national Akshe Kumar had gotten a visa a month ago to go to India for a relative’s wedding.
"I have been told by Indians that Pakistani nationals are not allowed to enter India. We are stuck and not able to enter India," he said.
Indian authorities said all visas issued to Pakistani nationals will be revoked with effect from Sunday, adding that all Pakistanis currently in India must leave before their visas expire based on the revised timeline.
The country also announced other measures, including cutting the number of diplomatic staff, closing the only functional land border crossing between the countries and suspending a crucial water-sharing agreement.
In retaliation, Pakistan closed its airspace for all Indian-owned or Indian-operated airlines, and suspended all trade with India, including to and from any third country.
Tuesday’s attack was the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades.
The rare attack, which targeted mostly tourists, shocked and outraged Indians, prompting calls for action against their country’s archenemy, Pakistan.
The Indian government did not publicly produce any evidence but said the attack had “cross-border” links to Pakistan.
Pakistan denied any connection to the attack, which was claimed by a previously unknown militant group calling itself the Kashmir Resistance.
AP video shot by shot by Jahanzaib Aurangzaib
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