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Pak yet to grant visas to Indian doctors for quake relief

     Lahore: It seems that Pakistan is reluctant in allowing Indian doctors to carry out relief and rescue work in quake-hit PoK (Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir) and other parts of Pakistan, as the federal government has not yet issued visas to them. The doctors have formed teams for an organized relief work and are waiting for the clearance from the Pakistani government. The Pakistan Foreign Office is likely to decide the matter today. According to the Dawn, PPP MNA Chaudhry Manzoor contacted the Foreign Office urging it to resolve the matter, and also appealed to President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to direct the concerned authorities to take "a positive decision" in the wake of the misery being faced by the quake victims. Last Monday, India had offered to jointly carry out relief and rescue work in PoK and parts of Pakistan, but Islamabad rejected the offer without citing any reasons, though last week the Pakistan government decided to import 50,000 tents from India, and also asked the Indian government to make available all the surplus tents to it.