India is good’: Runaway Pakistan teenager who accidentally crossed LoC doesn’t want to return home  

Ashfaq Ali, then a 15-year old, was caught by Indian security personnel in Nowshera in May 2017 when he crossed over the LoC. Since nothing incriminating was found from him, he was moved to a juvenile home in Jammu and Kashmir.


Jammu: The Pakistani teenager was arrested last year when he accidently crossed over the Line of Control (Loc) in Jammu and Kashmir. A year on, he refuses to go back home, though he has been released by Indian authorities. His reason for this is disarmingly simple and touching: “India is good,” 16-year-old Ashfaq Ali says, adding that he can get a job in this country. 
“I crossed the border by mistake when I was caught. I was here for 14 months. I don't want to go back,” Ali told news agency ANI at the Attari-Wagah border after his release. “India is good. I can get a job. I wish the Indian government  would let me stay.”