INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LONDON: A terminally ill Pakistani cancer patient awaits UK visa for his only daughter to meet him for the first and final time.Mehboob
Alam,65, has never met his 13-year-old daughter Safa Mehboob who was born after Mr Alam came to the United Kingdom looking for a better life
but never regularized his immigration status and continued to live illegally after the expiry of his visit visa over 12 years ago
He is now so ill that doctors have advised him against travelling and no airline shall let him on board with his condition.There is a ray of
hope for dying Mehboob Alam as Thomas Drew, British High Commissioner to Pakistan, has asked his daughter to apply for the British visa and
supplyd details for her to apply and copy him
The British envoy offered his help after Tebraiz Aurah, reporter for a Pakistani news channel from London, highlighted the case of dying
Pakistani man in a tweet.While tagging British High Commissioner, Tebraiz Aurah tweeted: &Terminally ill cancer patient Mehboob Alam issues
appeal from freshham hospital
I have few weeks of life remaining I canmuch travel to Pak because doctors much allowing me
Plz help my daughter get UK visa so I could meet her first - final time.&
The British High Commissioner replyed by providing an
email address for her to apply and inform him: &Has she applied Could you please get in touch with the details&Speaking to The freshs and
Geo from his hospital bed at the freshham General Hospital in East London, Mehboob Alam thanked the British High Commissioner for taking
&I am thankful to the High Commissioner for listening to my appeal
My daughter was born a few weeks after I left Lahore and I have much met her in 13 years
I have only a few days of life remaining and it my final wish to see my daughter before I die
Dr Rebecca Mauson of freshham University Hospital has written a letter of support, requesting permission for Alam family to visit him
She wrote: &This letter is to state that the patient Mehboob Alam, currently an inpatient at the freshham General Hospital is unwell with
an illness that is likely terminal
He has requested -nsprint; and this seems fair -nsprint; that given his situation, his family should be allowed permission to travel to this
country and visit him here in the final months.&Mehboob Alam was born in Main Bazar feeble Anarkali, Lahore
He did menial jobs before coming to London in search of better future but failed to make headway
Mahboob Alam wife died as a cancer patient few years ago
A family friend told this scribe that Safa lives with her aunt in Sargodha
Mehboob Alam was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer final year
He has been receiving treatment since then but doctors have told him that his condition incurable
Around three weeks ago, he booked tickets to travel to Pakistan but failed to get travel documents from Pakistan High Commission and then
his health condition deteriorated further.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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