Attari border closed: Tourists postpone plans, locals laud PM's decision

Locals in Amritsar have lauded the decision of the Indian government to shut the Attari Integrated Check Post ICP among other diplomatic measures in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and KashmirThey also condemned Tuesdays attack and supported the governments decision even though some of them had to delay or cancel their plansA tourist from Rajasthan Surinder Singh told ANI that they had come to Amritsar with the hopes of crossing through the border to attend a family wedding in Pakistan but now the plans have been postponedI was going to Pakistan today for my brothers wedding but it will be postponed now My grandmother and her four sons stay in Pakistan and her one son stays in India The attack on tourists in Pahalgam was very wrong he saidShaitan Singh a relative of Surinder expressed uncertainty about his plans What the terrorists have done is wrongWe are not being allowed to go to Pakistan as the border is closedLet us see what will happen now he told ANIThe Central government has also suspended the SAARC Visa Exemption scheme giving Pakistani nationals 48 hours to return to their countryA Pakistani national Mohammed Jammeel also condemned the attack saying that whoevers blood is shed is wrongKhoon kisi ka bhi bahe woh galat hai Whoevers blood is being shed is wrong even if it is mine or someone elses everyones hearts beat the same Jameel told ANIAt the same time businessmen in Amritsar said that while their business will be affected they stand with PM Modi regarding the decisionA businessman from Attari said The closure of the Attari border will definitely affect the business here but the incident that has happened is also very wrongAnother business said that the attack in Pulwama on innocent people was wrong adding The attack on the tourist was wrong We stand with the nation Jis hisab se Modi ji desh chala rahe hain chalane do We stand with the decisions of PM Modi he saidAs many as 26 people were killed in the dastardly attack by terrorists on tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on TuesdayThe attack carried out by terrorists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on Tuesday is one of the deadliest in the Valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed The attack was one of the biggest terror attacks in the region after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019In response the Central government announced on Wednesday the closure of Attari ICP reducing the strength of High Commissions in India and Pakistan to 30 officials each and suspended the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme SVES visasForeign Secretary Vikram Misri said Any SVES visas issued in the past to Pakistani nationals are deemed cancelled Any Pakistani national currently in India under an SVES visa has 48 hours to leave IndiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params