Even as Pakistan had accused India of “politicising” humanitarian issues, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday assured a medical visa to a five-year-old Pakistani child seeking urgent open heart surgery. “I am sorry, the child is suffering so much. We will issue the visa immediately,” Sushma Swaraj tweeted after a request by a doctor …
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November 28, 2017External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday assured a medical visa to yet another Pakistani national who said that “after Allah you are our last hope”. “India will not belie your hope. We will issue the visa immediately,” Sushma Swaraj tweeted in response to a request from Shahzaib Iqbal from Lahore who said that a …
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November 26, 2017In yet another humanitarian gesture, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday asked the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to grant a visa to a Pakistani woman for a liver transplant in India. Her intervention came after Sadia, the ailing woman’s daughter, requested Swaraj for grant of a visa to her mother. “We will certainly …
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November 19, 2017External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to grant medical visa immediately to a five-year-old Pakistani girl, suffering from eye cancer, for treatment in India. The child’s parents had sought Swaraj’s help. “There is a request for medical visa for 5 year old child Anamta Farrukh who is suffering …
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October 17, 2017Continuing a trend that started after a promise made on Independence Day this year, India has issued medical visa for a one-year-old Pakistani seeking open heart surgery and a man seeking a liver transplant. “We have approved the visa request for liver transplant surgery of your uncle Mr Azhar Hussain in India,” External Affairs Minister …
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October 11, 2017Sticking to her promise made on Independence Day, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that a Pakistani baby who is in a critical condition will be given a medical visa for treatment in India. Responding to a tweet from one Irfan Shah and another from Syed Saif Ullah – both from Quetta, Balochistan …
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August 29, 2017India on Wednesday said it has not stopped giving medical visas to Pakistani nationals, but has informed Islamabad that a recommendation letter by the Foreign Minister or Foreign Affairs Advisor of Pakistan for issuing such visas was needed. In reply to a question on the issue, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said that External …
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