Archive · 16 Sep 2025
Attari-Wagah Border: People Still Crossing Despite Closure
The Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan closed after a terror attack.
Despite the closure, some people are still crossing.
Around 1,000 Pakistani Hindus are going to Pakistan after overstaying their visas.
About 150 Kashmiri students and others are coming back to India.
Health officials give polio drops to everyone crossing the border to stop the spread of the disease.
Some people are traveling through Dubai instead.
Attari-Wagah border closed following the Pahalgam terror attack.
Approximately 1,000 people have crossed from India to Pakistan.
Around 150 people have returned to India from Pakistan.
Pakistani Hindus are primarily crossing from India.
Kashmiri students are mainly returning to India.
- Who
- Pakistani Hindus, Kashmiri students, and others
- What
- Movement across the Attari-Wagah border
- When
- Since the border closure following the Pahalgam terror attack
- Where
- Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan
- Why
- Pakistani Hindus overstaying visas are returning home, Kashmiri students are returning after studies.
- Border Closure Reason
- Pahalgam terror attack
- People Crossing to Pakistan
- Approximately 1,000
- People Returning to India
- Approximately 150
- Primary Group Crossing to Pakistan
- Pakistani Hindus
- Primary Group Returning to India
- Kashmiri students
- Health Department
- Administers polio vaccines