Medical visas to be given to all pending bona fide cases from Pakistan: Sushma Swaraj

In a humanitarian gesture, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today took to the micro blogging site Twitter to announce that India will grant medical visa in all the bona fide cases from Pakistan that are pending with the Ministry.

Yesterday, Sushma Swaraj had conveyed the decision of granting medical visa to Pakistani woman Faiza Tanveer on Twitter. "Thanks for your greetings on India's Independence Day. We are giving you the visa for your treatment in India," she had tweeted.

On the auspicious occasion of India's Independence day, we will grant medical visa in all bonafide cases pending with us. @IndiainPakistan

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 15, 2017

Earlier, Tanveer had requested Swaraj to grant her a medical visa and said she should not be denied it as India is about to celebrate the auspicious occasion of its 70th Independence Day.

Thanks for your greetings on India's Independence day. We are giving you the visa for your treatment in India. https://t.co/jThT2KayoZ

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 13, 2017   

Few weeks back, Swaraj had said that India would grant medical visa to those nationals from the neighbouring country whose applications were recommended by Pakistan Prime Minister's Foreign Office Advisor Sartaj Aziz.

Aziz, however, is no longer the Pakistan PM'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.