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Sushma Swaraj said the Indian authorities would continue issuing medical visas to Pakistanis LATEST NEWS :  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday denied that India was rejecting medical visa applications of Pakistanis and asked Pakistan's top diplomat Sartaj Aziz to respond to her letter seeking travel permission for the mother of alleged Indian spy Kulbushan Jadhav who is on a death row in that country. In a series of tweets, the minister said Aziz, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Foreign Affairs Advisor, should not hesitate to write recommendation for Pakistanis seeking medical treatment in India. The remarks come amid media reports in Pakistan that the Indian Embassy in Islamabad had rejected the medical visa application of a 25-year-old Pakistani tumour patient who was to travel to India for treatment. Faiza Tanveer had sought Sushma Swaraj's intervention and help to "save my life". Sushma Swaraj said the Indian auth...

Sharing her ordeal of living in Pakistan, she said, 'it is easy to go, but tough to retu rn' "Pakistan is like a well of death", said Uzma Ahmed , the Indian woman repatriated to the country from Pakistan where she was allegedly forced and duped into marrying against her choice. "I am an orphan. I am an adopted child and have nobody," Uzma told reporters in New Delhi, hours after she crossed into India through the Wagah border, a day after the Islamabad High Court permitted her to travel home. The woman broke down several times and said "it is easy to go, but tough to return", sharing her ordeal of living in Pakistan with media. "They could have sold me or used me in a risky operation," she said about a family in Buner, Pakistan. Uzma said she was not the only woman duped into marrying a man from Buner. "There may be lots of girls in Buner. Buner people are mostly in Malaysia and they get girls from Malaysi...