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Ahmed and his doctor are banking on the Indian government’s sympathetic approach towards Pakistanis seeking treatment here.Dr S Narayani, zonal director, Fortis (Mumbai) told Mumbai Mirror that the group will register Ahmed for a heart transplant in Mumbai and Chennai. Ahmed has already made it clear that he was not looking for financial assistance; all he wanted was an Indian visa on medical grounds after his doctor, Choudhry Pervez, advised him to seek treatment in India. Fortis has also assured him that the entire treatment would be free of cost.Fortis has offered Ahmed, currently being treated at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in Karachi for complications stemming from a pacemaker and stents in the heart, treatment at its hospitals in Mumbai and Chennai. “Not just the Indian stars I played against, but people from India who I didn’t even know, have said they’ll support me. I’m now waiting for the visa to come through..