August 16, 2017: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said, India would grant medical visa to Pakistani nationals in genuine pending cases. Mrs. Swaraj said in a tweet, on the auspicious occasion of India’s Independence day, New Delhi will grant medical visa in all genuine pending cases.
Few weeks back, the minister 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 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. (AIR NEWS)
