| 250 Pakistani Hindus ‘will return after temple visit’ |
NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD About 250 Pakistani Hindus have moved to India after promising authorities that they will return after completing a temple visit, media reports said on Friday.
The Hindus, men and women, gave the commitment after a section of the media speculated that the Hindus had no intention of returning to Pakistan because of alleged harassment.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik went public on Thursday night alleging a “conspiracy” against Pakistan and demanded to know why the Indian High Commission in the Pakistani capital had issued so many visas to Hindus.
He refused to let the Hindus proceed beyond Jacobabad, Sindh, unless he was satisfied they would not take asylum in India citing religious persecution, as some Pakistani Hindus had done earlier.
Eventually, after some hours, the Hindus were allowed to go after their representatives pledged to return to Pakistan.
Agencies
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