Pakistani family stuck in India returns after both governments intervene

Amritsar: A Pakistani family with a child, who underwent surgery in an Indian hospital and was stuck here after the closure of the Attari-Wagha check post, was finally allowed to enter their country on Friday after the intervention of senior officials of both nations. The family had come to India for the surgery and was not allowed on Thursday to use the Attari-Wagha joint check post to reach Pakistan, which has been shutdown following the lockdown due to COVID-19. The family stayed with an Amritsar-based Indian journalist.

"The Pakistani family was stuck here yesterday. Today the Interior Minister of Pakistan and India's External Affairs Minister on humanitarian grounds allowed this family to go back," journalist Ravinder Singh Robin tweeted. He said the family got a prompt reply (from both countries). "I am thankful to both the governments, news (persons) here (India) and there (Pakistan) and to everyone," the child said in a video posted by Robin.

On prompt replies of the government, the child's father said the family was very happy that both governments made efforts for saving the life of their child. "We are thankful to both the governments, to the people and Facebook for helping us out," he said. "We have not lost anything in coming to India. We have gained too much on coming here. We received a lot of love, we came to know about the level of humanity of the people here," the child's mother replied on being asked what she lost and what she gained in coming to India.