Date:07/03/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/07/stories/2007030710061200.htm

National

Geelani to get passport for treatment abroad

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Government has given instructions for providing a passport to the Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to enable him to travel abroad for treatment for suspected renal malignancy.

Taking a humanitarian view, the Government cleared the way for giving him a passport at the earliest, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan said.