India’s Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, told a Pakistani woman on Twitter on Sunday that her ailing mother would be provided with an Indian visa for treatment.
A Twitter user, Sadia, appealed to the minister to urgently issue the visa, to which Swaraj said that she has asked the Indian mission in Pakistan to do so.
The minister also said that she asked the mission to look into the request in reply to a user by the name of Nasir Mahmood Ahmad requesting a visa for a kidney transplant .
Various Pakistanis, including infants and minors, have been issued Indian visas on medical grounds.
A newborn Pakistani baby suffering from a cardiac ailment was issued a visa after her mother asked Swaraj to do so on Twitter.
In September, a seven-year-old child requiring an open heart surgery was issued visa after the mother approached the minister on Twitter.
However, last week, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Faisal said India attempted to politicise a humanitarian case.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday with a cancer survivor, Osama, who recently returned from Turkey after getting treatment for liver cancer, Dr Faisal said New Delhi demanded a letter of approval from the foreign minister to issue a medical visa to Osama, which was a clear violation of international laws.
Dr Faisal said that the patient suffered due to the wait for the medical visa due to the Indian state’s attitude.
Speaking on the occasion, Osama said that he regrets the Indian attitude because it unnecessarily politicised a humanitarian issue.
