LUCKNOW, April 25 -- : Nearly 1,800 Pakistani nationals, who are visiting India and staying in Uttar Pradesh on different types of visas, will now have to go back home after the Union government cancelled visas of all Pakistani citizens and asked them to return to their country, senior police officials said. The Union government decision came following the Pahalgam attack.

Officials said the figures of Pakistani nationals in Uttar Pradesh do not include those who have applied for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The officials also said some are already returning on their own, but those who fail to depart before the deadline will face legal action.

Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP) Prashant Kumar said ...