Sushma Swaraj comes to the aid of sick Pakistani national, grants medical visa for liver transplant

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday came to the aid of a sick Pakistani national by giving him a medical visa for his liver transplant surgery in India. [caption id=“attachment_4118087” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of Sushma Swaraj. CNN News18 [/caption] “Yes, we are granting visa for your father’s liver transplant surgery in India,” Swaraj tweeted in reply to a Pakistani resident Hamid Ali Ashraf, whose father Mohammed Ashraf is to be treated at the Max Hospital in Saket in New Delhi. “Thank you so much mam thank u. I am heartly greatful to you mam. It is really a great deed towards humanity”, Ashraf said in reply to Swaraj’s gesture. He had earlier put out a series of tweets since the start of this month while tagging Swaraj and urging her to grant him a medical visa. “Respected mam please help us. My father need liver transplant his condtion is very bad please issue the visa I request you mam please,” Ashraf earlier tweeted. Swaraj has accorded her approval in the past to many Pakistani nationals seeking to get medical treatment in India.