Tazeen Akhtar
Finally the dead body of unfortunate Pakistani girl student of MBBS reached Pakistan from China and handed over to her grieved parents. Student Farhana Mushtaq daughter of Mushtaq Ahmad of Khanpur district Rahim Yar Khan of South Punjab died of illness in China after completing two years of education.She was studying MBBS in Shenyang Medical College of China where she fell ill and ultimately died.
Pakistan Embassy and the Medical College together took the matter on human basis. An acquaintance of the aggrieved family, Mr. Tariq Ali had been designated by the parents of the student to deal with the matter. Student’s parents agreed not to claim any form of compensation and subsidy from the Medical College except for the body transfer fee.
An agreement in this regard was reached on 21 Sep and the dead body will be shifted to Pakistan on 29th September. Family of deceased student is satisfied with the efforts of the Embassy of Pakistan Beijing.
On 21 Sep, Late in the night, Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said:
“The Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing is in contact with the university of the student and her family.
There are legal procedures and regulations that need to be fulfilled in repatriation of dead bodies from China. Furthermore, transportation with commercial flights involves special arrangements including embalming of the body and transport of the remains in a specialized vehicle with cold storage.
At the intervention of the Embassy, the insurance company agreed to pay a compensation to the family and the university offered to bear the cost of transportation of the dead body.
