He explained that Ballu was brought home when he was just one month old and was hand-fed and cared for personally.

According to Ahmed, the exemption would greatly help the exports of Pakistani mangoes to Iran and via Iran to Central Asia.

It emerged that the SHC had earlier asked the government to pay subsidies worth billions of rupees to a private company within a week.

Authorities were instructed to keep barrage gates, telemetry systems and flood safety arrangements fully operational, while maintaining continuous monitoring of canals and water flow.

Dr Hiraj further clarified that the patient had previously undergone two surgeries at the facility, during which HIV screening was conducted and the results had been negative.

“By the grace of Allah, I have been given the ability over the past two years to do this properly.”