Indian, Pakistani nukes stop cash flow

UA students from Pakistan and India are feeling the fallout from last month's nuclear tests, as U.S. sanctions have cut off the flow of money between the countries and the United States.

"Their parents cannot send money outside of the country at this time," said David Currey, international affairs director at the University of Arizona.

"This could be the second Asian crisis on our hands this year," he added.

Currey said a trickle of Pakistani students have contacted him with potential financial dilemmas.

Indian students face the same sanctions, but Currey said no one had come forward.

The conflicts back home have not affected the way Indian and Pakistani students interact, said Saurav Daf, UA's India Club vice president.

"There's absolutely no change the way we deal with each other," Daf said. "Very important in this context are our regular cultural exchange meetings, where we seldom talk about politics, but our common passion: cricket."

According to Currey, there were 24 Pakistani students enrolled at the UA last spring, but he said he expects those numbers to drop.

"I anticipate an overall drop in international student enrollment next year," he said.