International Review of the Red Cross

International Committee of the Red Cross: In Geneva

At the Central Tracing Agency

In January 1967 and on the request of an Indian national living in Geneva the ICRC, through the National Red Cross Society in Karachi, asked the Pakistan Government to grant an entry visa to Mr. Ch. J., to enable him to go from India to Pakistan to visit his aged and ailing father, a recent widower. According to his religion, an only son must perform certain rites upon his mother's death.