Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Ralph Martin
00:17 Salsabeel Safi | Mother of Musfira
00:25 Zulkifl Haroon | Uncle of Musfira
01:28 Mohammad Ayan | Pakistani teenager
01:55 Mohammad Imran | Father of Mohammad Ayan

Script:

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This is Musfira - she's one and a half years old. She has severe heart and circulatory problems that local Pakistani doctors can't treat. The family TRIED to go to India - but their visas were cancelled during the hostilities.

:16  SOT Mother  
"Now, the child is not getting any treatment and her condition is deteriorating.”

:22  SOT Uncle 
“We want India and Pakistan to resolve issues between them so that Musfira and several other children like her, whose treatment is due in India, can get visas and get treatment there, so that their lives can be saved.”

:44 ((MAP))
India and Pakistan share a border over 3000km long, but before fighting broke out, had only ONE overland border crossing - the Attari-Wagah checkpoint. Now THAT is closed - and Pakistan has ALSO cancelled all visas for Indians. Pakistan says it will allow ITS citizens to cross back over from India. 

1:04  
The border closing has split families. Mohammad traveled with his parents to India for treatment for his spinal injury. Their visas were canceled and they had to return home before surgery. But Mohammad's mother is Indian - and was not allowed to accompany them back to Pakistan.

1:25   SOT Mohammad 
 ”My heart sank when they stopped her. We pleaded with them to send back our whole family if we were not permitted to receive treatment. My mama used to take care of everything. I miss my mom. I appeal to the Indian as well as the Pakistani government to send my mother and my aunt back to reunite with me.”

1:51  SOT father
“My son keeps crying. He loses patience. He cannot live without his mother (who is an Indian national). My house is empty without her. I am extremely worried. Even I cry at times when my son says, ‘Please call mama here’. 

2:11
It's not clear when or if Pakistan and India will renew visas - but for Musfira and Mohammad, that moment can't come soon enough. 

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It's not clear when or if Pakistan and India will renew visas - but for Musfira and Mohammad, that moment can't come soon enough.