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Sushma Swaraj: India to grant medical visa to Pakistani nationals in bonafide pending cases
On the occasion of Independence Day on Tuesday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that India would grant medical visa to those Pakistani nationals whose cases were genuinely pending.
In a tweet tagging the Indian High Commission in Pakistan, Sushma said, "On the auspicious occasion of India's Independence day, we will grant medical visa in all bonafide cases pending with us. @IndiainPakistan".
A few weeks ago, Swaraj had said that India would grant medical visa to those nationals from the neighbouring country whose applicants were recommended by Pakistan Prime Minister's Foreign Office Advisor Sartaj Aziz.
Aziz, however, is no longer the Pakistan Prime Minister's foreign office advisor as he has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the planning commission. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Abbasi, 58, was sworn-in as Pakistan's 18th Prime Minister on August 1 after the Supreme Court disqualified the incumbent Nawaz Sharif for dishonesty following the Panama Papers scandal.
CASE IN POINT
Last month, four-month-old Rohaan, son of Pakistani national Kamaal Siddiqui, had undergone a successful heart surgery at a Noida hospital.
According to a statement issued by the hospital, Rohaan was suffering from 'D-transportation of great arteries with abnormal origin of main arteries from opposite chambers with multiple VSD and severe pulmonary hypertension'.
The surgery went on for five hours on July 14 after which the baby was put on a ventilator and a tracheotomy was done, doctors said.
In a teary tribute, Siddiqui had thanked the media, doctors and Sushma Swaraj for helping save her child.
Following this, he had requested to help other Pakistanis get medical visa and expressed concern over delays in the process.
http://m.indiatoday.in/lite/story/i...ak-nationals-in-bonafide-cases/1/1026703.html
On the occasion of Independence Day on Tuesday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that India would grant medical visa to those Pakistani nationals whose cases were genuinely pending.
In a tweet tagging the Indian High Commission in Pakistan, Sushma said, "On the auspicious occasion of India's Independence day, we will grant medical visa in all bonafide cases pending with us. @IndiainPakistan".
A few weeks ago, Swaraj had said that India would grant medical visa to those nationals from the neighbouring country whose applicants were recommended by Pakistan Prime Minister's Foreign Office Advisor Sartaj Aziz.
Aziz, however, is no longer the Pakistan Prime Minister's foreign office advisor as he has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the planning commission. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Abbasi, 58, was sworn-in as Pakistan's 18th Prime Minister on August 1 after the Supreme Court disqualified the incumbent Nawaz Sharif for dishonesty following the Panama Papers scandal.
CASE IN POINT
Last month, four-month-old Rohaan, son of Pakistani national Kamaal Siddiqui, had undergone a successful heart surgery at a Noida hospital.
According to a statement issued by the hospital, Rohaan was suffering from 'D-transportation of great arteries with abnormal origin of main arteries from opposite chambers with multiple VSD and severe pulmonary hypertension'.
The surgery went on for five hours on July 14 after which the baby was put on a ventilator and a tracheotomy was done, doctors said.
In a teary tribute, Siddiqui had thanked the media, doctors and Sushma Swaraj for helping save her child.
Following this, he had requested to help other Pakistanis get medical visa and expressed concern over delays in the process.
http://m.indiatoday.in/lite/story/i...ak-nationals-in-bonafide-cases/1/1026703.html
