Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday that on Indian festival of Diwali, India will grant medical visas in all deserving cases that are pending, reports Hindustan Times.
To a request for a visa by a Pakistani woman named Amna Shamin, whose father is already in Delhi for treatment and she wants to visit him, Swaraj said, “Please contact Indian High Commission in Pakistan. We will allow this.”
Pls contact Indian High Commission in Pakistan. We will allow this. https://t.co/AYYENKtf7E
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) October 19, 2017
“On the auspicious occasion of Deepawali, India will grant a medical visa in all deserving cases pending today,” Swaraj tweeted.
On the auspicious occasion of Deepawali, India will grant medical Visa in all deserving cases pending today. @IndiainPakistan
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) October 19, 2017
On Wednesday, she had directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue a visa to a Pakistani child for medical treatment in India.
The child’s father, Kashif, had requested Swaraj on Twitter to grant a medical visa for treatment of Abdullah, saying he needed post-liver transplant evaluation in India.
“The treatment of your child must not suffer for want of medicine. I have asked Indian High Commission to issue a medical visa. @ChachaKashif,” the minister tweeted on Wednesday.
In another tweet, Swaraj said a medical visa has also been approved for a Pakistani woman, who wants to undergo liver surgery in India.
The woman’s son, Rafique Memon, had requested Swaraj to intervene and grant a visa to his mother.
Swaraj also responded positively to a request for a visa by Nazir Ahmed, whose eight-year-old child Mohammad Ahmed was awaiting medical visa for a year.
“We will issue a visa to facilitate treatment of your 8- year-old child in India,” she said.
