Gautam Gambhir, former India cricketer and current Member of Parliament, has arranged for a six-year-old girl from Pakistan to get a medical visa for India. AdvertisingThe girl, Omaima Ali, and her parents will now be able to travel to India for a heart surgery to be performed on the girl. Gambhir had written to the External Affairs Ministry on October 1 for medical visas to be arranged for the family. “I have asked our High Commission in Islamabad to issue appropriate visas to Omaima Ali and her parents,” Mr Jaishankar wrote in a letter to Mr Gambhir. https://t.co/uBhKeExrVt pic.twitter.com/v1gTVr1RKK — ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2019Gambhir was quoted by ANI as saying: “I have always maintained one thing that I have problem with Pakistan govt, ISI & the terrorist outfits that are there in Pakistan, but if the 6-year-old girl can get treated in India, what better can happen.”

Source: Indian Express October 19, 2019 17:15 UTC