External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue a visa to a Pakistani child for medical treatment in India.

The child’s father, Kashif, had requested Ms. Swaraj on Twitter to grant medical visa for treatment of Abdullah, saying he needed post-liver transplant evaluation in India.

“The treatment of your child must not suffer for want of medicine. I have asked Indian High Commission to issue medical visa. @ChachaKashif,” the minister tweeted yesterday.

Mr. Kashif had said the child’s medicines were about to finish and he needed immediate medical consultation in India.

In another tweet, Ms. Swaraj said a medical visa has also been approved for a Pakistani woman, who wants to undergo liver surgery in India.

Also Read Pakistan woman to be given visa for liver transplant: Sushma

The woman’s son, Rafique Memon, had requested Ms. Swaraj to intervene and grant visa to his mother.

Ms. Swaraj also responded positively to a request by Nazir Ahmed that his eight-year-old child Mohammad Ahmed is awaiting medical visa for a year.

“We will issue visa to facilitate treatment of your 8-year-old child in India,” she said.

Also Read India to grant medical visas to two Pakistanis, says Sushma

Ms. Swaraj has been taking a sympathetic approach in granting medical visas to Pakistani nationals, notwithstanding strain in ties between India and Pakistan over a host of issues, including cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.