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The High Court of Islamabad (IHC) on Tuesday suspended the decision of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to cancel the citizenship of the leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Hafiz Hamdullah. <\/p>\n
Upon hearing a petition presented by the former senator and minister, the President of the Supreme Court of IHC, Athar Minallah, sought a response from Nadra in two weeks and ordered the authority, as well as the Ministry of Interior, not to take any kind of action against Hamdullah.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Nadra was reported to have declared Hamdullah a "foreigner" after discovering that she had "fraudulently obtained" her computerized national identity card (CNIC), which was subsequently canceled.<\/p>\n
Although the government's decision had been taken two weeks before, it arrived at the spotlight only a few days before the so-called "March of Azadi" of the JUI-F in Islamabad. A notification issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) that prohibits television channels from inviting Hamdullah to talk about programs since a guest referred to a letter from Nadra dated October 11.<\/p>\n
In his reaction, the JUI-F leader blamed state institutions for "political victimization" and said that no one in his family, including his father, had been accused of being a foreigner. He said his father was an employee of the education department in 1974 and had already provided Nadra with documents to prove it.<\/p>\n
During today's judicial proceedings, Hamdullah said Nadra had canceled her CNIC and had filed a petition against the decision; however, no action was taken on the request for a week. He said that Nadra's decision should be declared void and that the Interior Ministry should not take any action.<\/p>\n
Officials representing Nadra told the court that in December 2018, a letter was written to the JUI-F leader about his citizenship and a district-level committee was formed. After this, Hamdullah had appeared before the committee, which had asked for his documentation.<\/p>\n
According to Nadra, the documents presented by the leader of the JUI-F turned out to be "false."<\/p>\n
Judge Minallah asked if Hamdullah had children and if they had CNIC cards, to which his lawyer responded affirmatively.<\/p>\n
The lawyer added that one of Hamdullah's children was even in the army.<\/p>\n
"Can you doubt the citizenship of the husband of a mother who sends her son to sacrifice for the country?" IHC chief justice commented.<\/p>\n
After hearing the initial arguments, the IHC decided to suspend Nadra's decision to cancel Hamdullah's citizenship.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>\n
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