Bengaluru, May 9 -- The Karnataka high court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by a woman originally from Mysuru seeking additional time for her three Pakistani-national children to remain in India, following the Union government's directive mandating the departure of all Pakistani nationals by April 30. The order came in the wake of heightened security concerns triggered by the recent terror attack in Pahalgam.

The petitioner, Ramsha Jehan, a resident of Mysuru, had approached the court after being unable to return her children to Pakistan as directed. She came to India with her three children-aged 8, 4, and 3-on January 4, 2025, to attend a family wedding. The children, all Pakistani citizens, were born to Ramsha and her husband M...