ISLAMABAD Aug 14 (TNS): India has decided to grant visa to a 25-year-old Pakistani cancer patient who is due to travel across the border for treatment.
“Thanks for your greetings on India’s Independence day. We are giving you the visa for your treatment in India,” Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj wrote on Twitter in response to Faiza Tanveer’s impassioned plea that she be issued a visa on occasion of India’s 70th independence anniversary.
Tanveer was due to receive treatment at the Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital (IDCH) in Ghaziabad for a recurrent ameloblastoma, a cancerous oral tumour which is aggressive in nature.
The Indian Embassy had rejected Tanveer’s medical visa application in July, citing deteriorating relations between the two countries. She had then appealed to politicians in both countries to help facilitate her application.
