Swaraj extends help, to issue medical visa to ailing Pak nationals

The patient, Maqbool Ahmad Qureshi, who is suffering from fourth stage of cancer had made an appeal to Swaraj through Twitter.

Sushma Swaraj grants medical visa, opens doors to 5 Pakistani children

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also announced acceptance of request for medical visa of two other Pakistani nationals.

Pakistani citizens have been praising Ms Swaraj on Twitter for her humanitarian actions.

'On the auspicious occasion of Deepawali, India will grant medical visa in all deserving cases pending today,' Swaraj tweeted.

A child's father had requested Swaraj to grant medical visa for his son, saying he needed post-liver transplant evaluation in India.

She also said another Pakistani child requiring bone marrow transplant was being given visa for treatment in India.

Heeding to Uzair Humayun's request from Lahore, Swaraj said medical visa will be given to his daughter for an open-heart surgery in India.

The Pakistani woman had tweeted to the EAM seeking help for the early process of her daughter's visa for which she had applied in August.

A Pakistani woman named Faiza Tanveer had requested Swaraj to grant her a medical visa on Indian Independence Day.

Touched by Swaraj's response, Asif praised Swaraj and said, Pakistan would have changed had she been the prime minister of her country.