9600 Pakistanis 'missing' after visa expiry

[Goodperson]

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9600 Pakistanis 'missing' after visa expiry

NEW DELHI: The number of Pakistani nationals who did not return after coming to India using valid travel documents has increased by nearly 30% in

2008 — the year when the level of infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir has dropped substantially.

Is this a mere coincidence or is there some design in it? The question is haunting the minds of security agencies which have found that as many as 9,636 Pakistani nationals did not return to their country after expiry of their visas this year as compared to 7,404 in 2007.

Though all those who went missing may not be terrorists or criminals, the substantial increase in the number this year has made the security agencies sit up.

While 7,404 Pakistanis did not return after expiry of their visas in 2007, the figure was 7,650 in 2006 and 7,043 in 2005. The figures — disclosed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday — clearly show the marginal increase or decrease in the number of missing Pakistanis during 2005-07 as compared to what was recorded (9,636) till July this year.

Sources in the home ministry said that though some of them had been deported after verification as they recorded their presence with the concerned Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs), it had been quite difficult to trace each one of them who disappeared after arrival.

Without ruling out the possibility of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI taking the legal route (using proper visa) to sneak in terrorists into India, a senior home ministry official said: “It is suspected particularly when the number of infiltration has come down substantially this year. The ISI can do it to beat its failure on the infiltration front.”

He said: "The authorities in Pakistan can adopt any means to infiltrate militants when a number of infiltration bids have been foiled this year by the Army and BSF. The role of the Pakistani Army and Pakistan Rangers in helping infiltrators through cover fire is not a secret."

As against 419 infiltrators during April-September 2007, there have been only 243 infiltrators during the same period this year with the Army establishing a strong "multi-tier counter infiltration grid".

9600 Pakistanis 'missing' after visa expiry-India-The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Nearly 1,300 Pakistanis on visit to India are traceless after their visa expired, and the government has created an online data sharing system to track every person travelling from there, the government said on Wednesday.

"As per information available, 1,283 Pakistani nationals remain untraced and missing as on June 30, 2011," minister of state for home affairs Jitendra Singh said in a statement to the Rajya Sabha.

"Intelligence agencies and state police regularly make efforts to locate the missing Pakistani nationals and arrange to send them back to Pakistan once they are located," he said.

The minister said that to help in better tracking of Pakistani nationals, an on-line system has been introduced.

With the system in place, every Pakistani national seeking Indian visa is required to file details online.

"This process ensures that intelligence agencies and state police have full details of the Pakistani nationals, including their photographs, even before they enter India, which would help them to track the Pakistani national after he or she arrives," the minister added.

[takeiteasy]

it is for sure, that most of them are accommodated by their kith and kin in India. some may have returned to their country through Nepal or Bangladesh

[tvsram1992]

No offense
Atleast 5% of them were hiding, not missing.

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Its good to know India cares about Pakistanis so much , that they are spending billion so that Pakistanis could come back home great news - FANTASTIC

[Tshering22]

Why don't they just tag them with a GPS tag without letting them know? Some sort of a chip in their passport of visa paper designed to track them? But then again, we're talking about UPA... sorry for the dreams... my bad.

[harpoon]

Why don't they just tag them with a GPS tag without letting them know? Some sort of a chip in their passport of visa paper designed to track them? But then again, we're talking about UPA... sorry for the dreams... my bad.

GPS leg ankle monitor is the best solution.

[harpoon]

it is for sure, that most of them are accommodated by their kith and kin in India. some may have returned to their country through Nepal or Bangladesh

Enough of this kith and kin, divided family mumbo jumbo. Its been 64 years now . If they are so much attached to their families they should move either to India or Pakistan.

[Safriz]

tHE pAKISTANIS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WERE BORN IN iNDIA..HAD SPENT MUCH PART OF THEIR LIVES IN iNDIA..BEFORE THEY MIGRATED...
sO THECHNICALLY THEY ARE FROM BOTH COUNTRIES..iF THEY CHOOSE TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTRY OF THEIR BIRTH..nOTHING WRONG WITH THAT...

[IndoCarib]

tHE pAKISTANIS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WERE BORN IN iNDIA..HAD SPENT MUCH PART OF THEIR LIVES IN iNDIA..BEFORE THEY MIGRATED...
sO THECHNICALLY THEY ARE FROM BOTH COUNTRIES..iF THEY CHOOSE TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTRY OF THEIR BIRTH..nOTHING WRONG WITH THAT...

If they were born in India, they would be Indians, not Pakistanis !

[Soumitra]

Its good to know India cares about Pakistanis so much , that they are spending billion so that Pakistanis could come back home great news - FANTASTIC

We are doing that so none of them overstay their welcome and become the next Ajmal Kasab

[persona_non_grata]

If they were born in India, they would be Indians, not Pakistanis !

That makes Advani a Pakistani and Musharaf an Indian

[cloud_9]

GPS leg ankle monitor is the best solution.

I think it's against the basic human rights.Wasn't there a big incident in US regarding Indian students tricked by a fraudulent Uni and were forced to wear GPS tags.Then our government went gaga over it!

[harpoon]

If they were born in India, they would be Indians, not Pakistanis !

If they chose to migrate to Pakistan, they better stay there and don't rake up the 'divided family' mumbo jumbo and come to India.

[harpoon]

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That makes Advani a Pakistani and Musharaf an Indian

But they chose to migrate across the border and never wished to settle back in their original place of birth.