A user, Sadia, appealed the minister to urgently issue visa, to which Swaraj said that she has asked the Indian mission in Pakistan to issue her a visa

Minister of External Affairs, India Sushma Swaraj told a Pakistani woman on Twitter that her ailing mother would be provided an Indian visa for treatment.

A user, Sadia, appealed the minister to urgently issue visa, to which Swaraj said that she has asked the Indian mission in Pakistan to do so.

The minister also said that she asked the mission to look into the request in reply to a user by the name of Nasir Mahmood Ahmad requesting visa for kidney transplant .

India issues medical visa to ailing 7-year-old Pakistani

The child?s mother Nida Shoaib applied for visa last month and approached Swaraj on Monday requesting her to look into the matter

Various Pakistanis, including infants and minors, have been issued Indian visas on medical grounds.

A newborn Pakistani baby suffering from a cardiac ailment was issued a visa after her mother asked Swaraj to do so on Twitter.

In September, a seven-year-old child requiring an open heart surgery was issued visa after the mother approached the minister on Twitter.