India allows 300 nationals to return from Pakistan.

India has allowed around 300 of its nationals, currently in Pakistan, to return after both the countries eased lockdown restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Indian nationals will return via Wagah-Attari border, which will be reopened on Saturday.

Around 80 Kashmiri students are also among those leaving for India. These students were studying at different educational institutions in Lahore.

Currently, 10 Indian nationals are residing in Islamabad, while 12 Indians are staying at their relatives' homes in Nankana Sahib.

It was reported that around 200 Indian nationals are staying in different cities in Sindh.

A day ago, another 176 Pakistani citizens who were stranded in India after the outbreak of COVID-19 arrived in Lahore on Wednesday via Wagah border, reported Radio Pakistan.

They will be kept at quarantine centers in Lahore prior to their departure to native towns.

These Pakistanis were stranded in different Indian states including Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya...

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