ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday directed the Interior Ministry to take measures for awarding Pakistani citizenship to a 24-year-old Pakistani-origin Afghan national.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard a petition case filed by 24-year-old Fazal Haq belongs to an Afghan migrated family. The petitioner contended that he was born in Pakistan and living here for 24 years. At which, the IHC chief justice remarked that like many countries including America, Pakistan law also was bound to give citizenship to a person born here. The petitioner was required to produce just birth certificate, he added.
The court directed the interior ministry to conclude its legal work regarding the citizenship of the petitioner till next Friday.
The officials of the ministry assured the court that the decision regarding the citizenship would be taken as soon after the reification of birth certificate.
