In a move that should have come much earlier, India has deported Minal Khan, a Pakistani woman married to a CRPF jawan in Jammu, after she overstayed her visa and lived illegally in the country. The deportation follows the recent Pahalgam terror attack, which exposed yet again the ease with which national security can be compromised under the guise of cross-border love.
When “Love” Becomes a Loophole
Minal Khan entered India from Pakistan’s Punjab province in 2024 on a 15-day visa after marrying Munir Khan, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan, through an online ceremony. Despite her visa expiring in March 2025, she continued to stay in India.
Visa overstay is not a joke. It is a violation of law, but more dangerously, in this case, it is a breach of security protocol.
Let’s not forget—this isn’t Switzerland or Canada. This is India. A country locked in perpetual proxy war with Pakistan. And here we have a Pakistani national, embedded within our security establishment by marital ties.
Pakistan Isn’t Just a Country—It’s a Factory of Radicalism
The Pakistani state doesn’t just export terrorism. It trains minds from childhood to hate India. In their school textbooks, India is the eternal enemy. Their army indoctrinates young boys to become jihadists. Their media glorifies suicide bombers as martyrs.
And we allowed a citizen of that same state to live with a CRPF jawan?
This wasn’t just a legal failure. It was a ticking time bomb wrapped in a shawl of emotional rhetoric.
Visa Policy Must Serve the Nation, Not Emotions
The deportation wasn’t arbitrary. It came as part of a wider security clampdown after the Pahalgam terror strike. Over 60 Pakistani nationals, many of them wives of surrendered Kashmiri militants, are being expelled. The government has rightly chosen security over sentiment.
Let’s be clear—Pakistan is not a normal neighbour. It’s a hostile, radicalised, and terror-exporting entity. Relationships with its citizens, especially involving those connected to our military, should be banned outright.
This Wasn’t an Isolated Case—It Was a Pattern
This isn’t just about Minal Khan. This is about every loophole that lets in Pakistani nationals under the pretense of peace, marriage, medical or reconciliation.
These marriages are ideal cover operations. Think about it—no one suspects the jawan’s wife. No one checks the conversations. No one traces the family back in Lahore. And just like that, surveillance is compromised, movements are monitored, and the enemy knows where to strike.
CRPF Must Conduct Internal Review
Allowing a Pakistani wife into the home of a CRPF jawan is a failure of protocol, intelligence vetting, and chain of command. Every officer must now be questioned. How was this approved? Who cleared the visa? Why wasn’t she deported earlier?
If we don’t learn now, we’ll bleed later.
The Message to Pakistan Must Be Ruthless
India cannot afford emotional softness in matters of national interest. Marriages with Pakistani nationals should be treated as exceptions needing airtight scrutiny, not the norm.
Every such union must be investigated for potential espionage, terror links, or ideological influence. We cannot allow India’s security forces to be infiltrated—even accidentally—by radicals or their sympathisers.
Final Word: Love Can Wait, National Security Cannot
The deportation of Minal Khan should be a precedent, not an isolated action. Cross-border romance cannot blind us to cross-border jihad.
Pakistan is not just a country—it’s an ideology of hate against India. And that ideology must never be allowed into the homes of our protectors.