Pakistan doctors plan to cross LoC to reach Kashmir


Islamabad, Sep 9 (IANS): A team of over 75 Pakistani doctors along with nurses and paramedics were planning to cross the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday to provide aid and support to the people of Kashmir, a media report said.

The team had reached Muzaffarabad on Sunday evening and they were expecting over 100 additional doctors to join them on Monday, The News International said in its report.

On August 30, the University of Health Sciences (UHS) and Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine (PSIM) had signed a declaration that a multidisciplinary team of doctors would be sent to Kashmir.

It was also decided that the team would take the medicines along with it, Dawn news said in a report last week.

UHS Vice Chancellor Professor Javed Akram, who is also the founding president of PSIM, asked Indian authorities for not creating hurdles and imposition of restrictions to the doctors' team.

Speaking to The News International on Sunday, Professor Akram said he along with his team has planned to cross the LoC on Monday after meeting with the UN Representative in Muzaffarabad.

He said he would seek entrance for 21 doctors and if not possible, they would ask Indian authorities to give access to only three doctors of UHS and PSIM on humanitarian grounds.

"We have decided to enter Kashmir from Chakothi with a truck load of medicines and relief goods though we have no idea at all of what the outcome would be on Monday," said Professor Akram.

Akram said that he met the Indian High Commission's First Secretary (Economics and Commerce) Ashish Sharma on September 5 and handed him an application to issue visas to the doctors, but the diplomat said it was not possible to provide a safe corridor to doctors.

  

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  • MM, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    It's a matter of humiliation for Indians counterpart and conveying clear cut message of discrimination to the world community against Kashmiris.

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  • MN, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    We can stop them at border and handover life saving medicine for them to carry home and treat their countrymen.

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  • SJM, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    I am sure Chowkidhar will not sleep this time.

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  • Devdas, Barkur

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    Can you explain us in detail why should we give them life saving medicene. Now time comes giving them life taking medicene. We all well prepared. Upto how long we loose our innocent soldiers. If we die also..our next generation people live peacefully.

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  • MN, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    Read in between the lines.
    Pakis banned all goods import from India. But soon they bite their own word by excluding "Life saving medicine" from list of Banned import, which Pakistan is not capable of manufacturing indigenously.

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  • Eustace, Mumbai

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    @devdas, Barkur: Indian pilots captured by Pakistan. Nachiketa and Abhinandan. Name a Pak Pilot Captured by India.

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  • Felix Pinto, Koteshwara

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    Just another gimmick. Ignore. If they are really concerned about human suffering, they have plenty of it available in their own side.

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  • Nash, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    Shoot them if they trespass

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  • Devdas, Barkur

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    Ab aur ek tamasha. Kab tak..?? Without kashmir pakistan become orphan. How they convince there people..?? Not only ISI even Pakistan government is worried now. Situation turn voltaile. As US is going to withdraw troops from afghanistan and on afghanistan's government request India is going to place troops in afghanistan. As it's now war like situation within two years period..for pak it will be difficult to pak army to concentrate from afghanistan border as well as indian border. Now only concentrate on POK. If pak try to play foul it will capture whole country. Isarel is already ready to attack it's Nuclear facilities as it's threat to mankind. They are master in it. Is baar last and final.

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  • Deshbhakht, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    These people don't have basic life saving medicines in their own country. Why are they crossing LOC ? Do they have right to Visa or arrival just because they are doctors ??

    Don't waste your time, India has suffered health professionals.

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  • Sudhakar, Kallianpur

    Mon, Sep 09 2019

    Should be "Sufficient Health Professionals"

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