Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has directed health authorities to provide free, high-quality medical treatment to Pakistani patients who were compelled to return from India without receiving the necessary care following the Pahalgam attack.
Many of these patients, including those in critical need of liver and kidney transplants, were forced to abandon their treatments after tensions escalated between the two countries.
Maryam Nawaz emphasized that the government would not abandon these individuals and assured that their treatments would be completed in Punjab at the state’s expense. She ordered the immediate collection of patient data and tasked the provincial health department with ensuring timely and proper medical care.
Reaffirming the government’s commitment to humanitarian values, the chief minister said every possible support would be extended to the affected families.
The move comes after reports emerged of a Pakistani family being expelled from India, where they had traveled for their children’s heart surgeries. In a video statement, the children’s father said they were forced to return without treatment and stressed that the children were innocent victims of political tensions. Indian doctors had already warned that the delay in care could worsen the children’s condition.
