BARMER, May 4 -- Two Pakistani women, who were facing deportation just days after reuniting with their husbands in Jaisalmer, have been granted temporary relief by the foreigners registration office (FRO), officials aware of the matter said on Saturday, adding that they will be allowed to stay in the country until further instructions are issued by the ministry of home affairs. The two Pakistani-origin women, Karam Khatoon (21) - who got married to Saleh (identified by single name) Mohammad (26) - and Sachul (22) - who tied the knots with Mushtaq Ali (27) - arrived in India on short-term visas on April 11. Mohammad and Ali are cousins and residents of Devikot village in Jaisalmer, and they got married in August 2023 during a family visit to Ghotki district in Pakistan's Sindh province. However, the two men returned to Jaisalmer in September 2023, leaving their brides behind due to visa complications, the officials said. After waiting for nearly a year and a half and making repeated appeals, the two women finally secured short-term visas earlier this month. However, their family reunion was cut short following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22 during which 26 people were killed, prompting the Indian government to revoke all short-term visas issued to Pakistani nationals, officials said. Only long-term visas or people with diplomatic or official visas currently remain valid. Others were asked to leave the country by April 27, they added. "We waited for two years to be together. Now, just after reuniting with our husbands a few ago, we are being told to go back. Where will we go? We would rather die than part ways with our husbands," said Karam. Both the families appealed to the superintendent of police and the foreigners registration office (FRO) in Jaisalmer, requesting them to allow the women to stay back, said an FRO official on condition of anonymity. "If they leave, the doors will be closed forever. Our families will be destroyed. We request the Indian government to allow us to live together peacefully," said Haji Abdullah, the father-in-law of Karam. In response to these appeals, the FRO forwarded the case to the Rajasthan home department and the director general of intelligence, seeking guidance, the FRO official added. "The two women entered India on short-term visas and were initially asked to leave. However, following submission of documents and appeals from their families, further action against them has been put on hold pending instructions from the state and central authorities," said DIG, CID (Jodhpur Zone) Ajay Singh. Meanwhile, the families remain hopeful that their applications for long-term visas will be accepted, giving them the chance to live together without fear of separation....