MEERUT, April 29 -- An India-born woman who became a citizen of Pakistan after marrying a Pakistani man, and a Pakistani woman married to an Indian man have refused to return to Pakistan following a central government directive issued after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which led to a review of visas granted to Pakistani nationals.

In Meerut's Sardhana, a woman named Sana, who became a Pakistani citizen after marrying a Pakistan national, came to India on a 40-day visa for a family wedding but declined to send her children back to Pakistan without her.

In a separate case, a pregnant woman in Bulandshahr on a tourist visa has appealed to the Prime Minister for permission to stay back, calling herself "India's daughter-in-law" and ...