<div align="justify">External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday waived a newly imposed pre-condition to issue a medical visa to an ailing youth from Rawalkot in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Sushma promised visa to 24-year-old Osama Ali so that he could undergo treatment for a liver tumour in New Delhi. <br /><br />Though he could not get a recommendation from Pakistan Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz, Sushma said Ali would be issued a visa because the area he lived in was an integral part of India, albeit under the illegal occupation of the neighbouring country.<br /><br />“PoK is an integral part of India. Pakistan has illegally occupied it. We are giving him a visa. No letter required,” Sushma tweeted. Her post came after the media quoted Ali’s father Javed Naz Khan appealing to her to waive the requirement of submitting a recommendation from Aziz. <br /><br />New Delhi has over the past few months restricted visas to Pakistanis seeking to undergo treatment in India, particularly after a military court in the neighbouring country sentenced Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former navy officer, to death.<br /><br />India has been insisting that the citizens of Pakistan, wanting to come to India for treatment, must submit their visa applications along with a recommendation letter from Aziz.<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday waived a newly imposed pre-condition to issue a medical visa to an ailing youth from Rawalkot in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Sushma promised visa to 24-year-old Osama Ali so that he could undergo treatment for a liver tumour in New Delhi. <br /><br />Though he could not get a recommendation from Pakistan Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz, Sushma said Ali would be issued a visa because the area he lived in was an integral part of India, albeit under the illegal occupation of the neighbouring country.<br /><br />“PoK is an integral part of India. Pakistan has illegally occupied it. We are giving him a visa. No letter required,” Sushma tweeted. Her post came after the media quoted Ali’s father Javed Naz Khan appealing to her to waive the requirement of submitting a recommendation from Aziz. <br /><br />New Delhi has over the past few months restricted visas to Pakistanis seeking to undergo treatment in India, particularly after a military court in the neighbouring country sentenced Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former navy officer, to death.<br /><br />India has been insisting that the citizens of Pakistan, wanting to come to India for treatment, must submit their visa applications along with a recommendation letter from Aziz.<br /><br /></div>
