August 3, 2015 11:47 AM

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Swaraj directs Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to look into the case of Indian woman stranded in Pakistan for 15 years

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has directed the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to look into the case of a hearing and speech impaired Indian woman who has been stranded in the neighboring country for 15 years. In a tweet today, Ms Swaraj said, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr TCA Raghavan will go to Karachi and meet the woman. The Minister was responding to a tweet from rights activist and Pakistan's former human rights minister Ansar Burney, who has launched a campaign to reunite the woman with her family in India.<br/><br/>The women named as Geeta apparently entered Lahore on a train from India 15 years ago. She was found by police and sent to a state-run shelter. She now lives with Bilqees Edhi, wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of Pakistan's largest charity Edhi Foundation.

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