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They make a living in Pakistan and now they find that they are not accepted at home. For 80-year-
Old Mohammed Haji, every phone ringing and bicycle ringing on the street has aroused great expectations.
When he heard the noise at his door, he looked up with hope --
I was just disappointed when it turned out to be someone else, not the postman who brought him the news that he had been waiting to hear.
For the past two years, Haji has been waiting for the high court to answer a simple question: can he die in his homeland as an Indian? Or, he will have to continue to live in the threat of deportation, with a Pakistani national hanging on his head, known among his acquaintances as "Karachi Muhammad ", living in Machinjery, a small town in Malappuram district, Kerala.
He is one of many Pakistani Malaysians scattered in malapem and other parts of Kerala, such as the Muslim-populated kanur, the kasha gods and kozhicod.
In the 1950 s and 1960 s, these Malaysians, most of them in their early 20 s, illegally crossed the border and traveled to Pakistan to get rid of extreme poverty at home.
In Karachi, they found some small jobs in restaurants and tea shops.
"I went to Karachi in 1950 to be a helper at a hotel," Haji said . ".
But, in the absence of any legal documents, returning home has become a huge problem once it returns to Pakistan.
"My wife is alone, I have no children," Haji said . ". He (
Other people in Karachi, like him)
A special worker suggested a Pakistani passport. Barely school-
The illegal immigrants were well educated but did not realize that Pakistani passports would deprive them of Indian citizenship.
But Haji had to visit his wife in India and became a Pakistani passport holder because there was no other way out.
After that, he traveled from Karachi to Kerala on several Indian visas.
Ten years ago, at the age of 70, Haji moved back to Kerala, hoping to spend the last few years of his life at home.
"I was born in India.
This is my country.
"But I am considered Pakistani here," Haji said . ".
Two years ago, Haji filed a petition with the high court for Indian citizenship.
He has not yet been heard by the court.
"We do not have the rights enjoyed by Indians.
We can't vote, we can't support elections, we can't own land, we can't even have bank accounts.
The Kerala government must recommend our citizenship to the central government.
But for some reason they did not.
However, Haji is still positive.
"I believe I will be granted citizenship one day.
I 've been thinking, 'orders are coming today.
However, the deprivation of civil rights is only one of the many problems faced by the "Pakistani Malaysians.
Until four years ago, 68-year-
Old Pirai Allawi did not bother to repair the light bulb at home.
Since he returned home from Pakistan in 1992, alapeacekeeping and his wife, Fatima, have stayed at home in the dark and raised their ears for the sound of police boots.
Their escape route was cut off before night fell.
If a team of police invaded their home, one was running and hiding in the attic and the other was in the nearby rice fields.
Alawi is also Pakistani and now lives in
Rooms in Kundoor, another town in Malappuram.
He slipped into Bangladesh in 1969 (
Then part of Pakistan)
Hike through Kolkata.
He was arrested and put into prison at the border.
"I spent eight months in prison and was beaten," Arawi recalls . ".
Later, he came to Karachi, where he made a living as an electrician and obtained a Pakistani passport.
But things get worse when he comes back to kunmen forever.
"The police kept harassing us through midnight raids.
My wife and I were always ready to run away when we heard a police jeep.
The potential employer sees him as a Pakistani spy.
"Although I have worked as an electrician for many years, I will never be able to find a permanent job in Kundoor.
I even went to an acquaintance and offered to repair their appliances but they wouldn't hire me.
When I didn't have enough money to support my wife, I was reduced to doing hard work.
During the 1999 war in Cargill, local parties tried to extort money from Arawi, telling him that if he did not pay, they would inform the police that he was Pakistani and then catch him up.
"I refused to pay and was sentenced to 17 days in prison," he said . ".
Now, an old and poor Alavi is afraid to die as a foreigner in India.
"My Pakistani passport was stolen.
My Documents show that I was born in India.
My wife and I sent nearly 50 letters to the central government asking for Indian citizenship, but they never responded.
"In response to one of his numerous letters to the state government, then Kerala's Chief Minister VS achuttandan finally notified Allawi, the police director, by a letter dated 2007 (SP)
His stay in Kerala will be approved.
"The police don't bother me now," he said . "
But like all the Malays in Pakistan, I want to die in an Indian.
Until a few years ago, the Malaysians of Pakistan lived in fear of being deported to Pakistan.
P. T. Kunju Muhammed, a Malaysian filmmaker, said: "Some people have died and some have been shot . " His movie Paradise (2007)
It tells the bitter story of a Pakistani Malayan.
Many people have taken desperate measures to avoid all attention.
"I know this Malayan will not talk to anyone outside.
Even if someone asks him something, he will stare at them and keep on going.
Or he will ignore them.
Several people suspected that he was mentally abnormal.
But at home, he will speak normally . "
"Some others say they are suffering from illness and rarely walk out of the house.
Some of them suffer from insomnia.
"With the raids and constant harassment of late-night police officers, they can't sleep at all," Mohammed said . ".
At the SP office in Malappuram, Sankaran Kutty, head of junior police, said that these Malaysians no longer face the threat of deportation due to amendments to the Aliens Act of 1946 and the Nationality Act of 1955.
"These Malaysians can stay in India now, as long as they have the right documents," Coti explained . " Cuti's work includes the review of citizenship applications.
However, despite these amendments, they still have to live under so many restrictions and rules (
No free travel, no travel to certain areas;
Every time they leave their area, they have to inform SP even if they are traveling in Kerala, and so on)
Even inadvertently, any of them could be a reason for expulsion.
Unless they acquire Indian citizenship, the threat of deportation will never disappear.
At the SP office in Malappuram, we met with Pakistani nationals Mohammad Hagi and Mohammed Ibrahim in their 70 s.
They regularly go to Pakistan to handle their hotel business there.
78-"I dreamed of settling in Kerala, but I saw my friend suffer here . "year-old Haji.
As there were no direct flights from Kerala to Karachi, the two took a connecting flight from Mumbai.
"We waited a long time in Mumbai.
But as Pakistanis, we can't wait at the airport.
No hotel will give us a room once we go out.
My wife is 73 years old and has a problem with her hip.
"We are in a bad situation," Haji said . ".
Ibrahim added, "If I were to come to India for a month, I would go to the SP office at least ten times.
"When we left, we heard Ibrahim asking loudly whether officials would notice their situation.