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Indian minister Sushma Swaraj shows heart for Pakistani baby Rouhaan's heart

Indian High Commission in Islamabad issues visa to Pakistani infant for treatment of his heart disease in India

News Desk August 29, 2017

Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and Baby Rouhaan. PHOTO: File/Twitter

The Indian High Commission in Islamabad has issued a visa to a Pakistani infant, Rouhaan, for the treatment of his heart disease in India.

Dear Rohaan, your visa has been issued and dispatched to Lahore today itself. All the very best. @SushmaSwaraj @djmehwish @MeTheFixer
— India in Pakistan (@IndiainPakistan) August 29, 2017

The move came after many Pakistani Twitter users ran a campaign asking Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj to grant the baby boy a visa so that he could be treated in India - a request to which she acquiesced on Tuesday.

We will give medical visa for his treatment in India. @IndiainPakistan @djmehwish @MeTheFixer pic.twitter.com/w4zpGZEgNc
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 29, 2017

India to grant pending medical visas to Pakistani nationals

Rouhaan's mother had sought help to save her baby with a touching message.

When I hug my child, he smiles. He know he is safe with me. I want to save him, I really do. Help in visa #HelpBabyRohaan @SushmaSwaraj
— Mehwish Mukhtar (DJ) (@djmehwish) August 28, 2017

My son need treatment. Why he suffers. Request issuance of urgent medical visa.#HelpBabyRohaan @Sushmaswaraj
— Mehwish Mukhtar (DJ) (@djmehwish) August 28, 2017

Later, other Twitter users also appealed to the Indian minister to help save little Rouhaan.

Rohaan is A newborn Baby .. He Has a Heart Problem . There is No Hospital in Pak To Treat him .. india Can .#HelpBabyRohaan #Sajidjaved
— Fᴀᴡᴀᴅ Lᴀᴛɪꜰ Yᴏᴜꜱᴀꜰᴢᴀɪ 🇵🇰 (@latif_fawad) August 28, 2017

https://twitter.com/MeTheFixer/status/902401188322271232

Swaraj's kindness was appreciated on both sides of the border.

Great humanity service !
— Abdul Gafoor Manzar (@abdulgafoor1309) August 29, 2017

Highly commendable....
— Kapil Kumar Mandal (@KapilKumarMan12) August 29, 2017

Earlier this year, India had imposed a condition that visas will only be issued to Pakistani patients on the recommendation of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz.

The Foreign Office spokesperson had responded that the restrictions placed by India on medical visas were “against diplomatic norms”.

COMMENTS (10)

Nomi | 7 years ago | Reply Much appreciated & many Thanks to the Indian Foreign Minister @ Sushma Jee. It's her gratitude to issue visa to the needy ones. Allah Bless you ! Love from Islamabad.

Zafar | 7 years ago | Reply Playing politics on humanitarian issues. What about showing the same generosity with Kashmiris and releasing Pakistani fishermen languishing in Indian jails since long.

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ToThePoint | 7 years ago | Reply this is nothing but petty politics by this Indian government. They have first themselves blocked these medical visas, and now they are issuing them to gain political mileage. Shameful.

Mohinder sandhu | 7 years ago | Reply @Javed Afghan: DAmn visa?? You have to beg for months to get it.Also learn to appreciate some bodies generosity

Sunil | 7 years ago | Reply @Javed Afghan - 'She is using these innocents for politics which is a shame. I hope She grow up and stop this bad movement. Just issue the visa and don’t announce it. It’s a damn visa after all.' I feel you have yet to grow up.

Gaur | 7 years ago | Reply @Javed Afghan you need to change your tone and show some respect for an aged woman like her, its her choice whether to grant visa or not, so don't make it sound like you're entitled to it.

Anuj | 7 years ago | Reply @Javed Afghan 'just issue the visa...', sounds very demanding. Medical visa isn't a birthright, a simple thing you fail to understand.

Javed Afghan | 7 years ago | Reply She is using these innocents for politics which is a shame. I hope She grow up and stop this bad movement. Just issue the visa and don't announce it. It's a damn visa after all.

Giri | 7 years ago | Reply Her kindness has no limits. Great soul.

Mohsin | 7 years ago | Reply Our government is spending billions and billions of rupees on roads but don't feel the need to make some hospitals where patients of hepatitis and people with heart problems could be treated .Its a shame that we go to India for treatment.

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