ZARMEEN ABID vs NATIONAL DATABASE AND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, ISLAMABAD arts

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ZARMEEN ABID VS NATIONAL DATABASE AND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, ISLAMABAD arts. 9, 10a, 13 & 25(2)---National Database and Registration authority Ordinance (VIII of 2000), S. 18---Orphans with unknown parentage---Imaginary parentage---Petitioner (orphan girl with unknown parentage)was adopted and her foster mother remarried with 'B' after divorce from 'a'---B's name (abid-ur-Rehman) was entered in National Database and Registration authority (NaDRa) record as father of the petitioner in adopted capacity---Form '?', childhood testimonials, educational degrees and cards carry name of 'a' as her father---Petitioner's National Identity Card was cancelled by NaDRa on application of 'B' because she was not his daughter---Held, that it was serious violation of fundamental rights of persons if their identities were blocked on the ground of suspicion without giving them opportunity of hearing---Policy dated 21.08.2017 titled "Issuance of Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) to Eunuchs" had recognised orphans with unknown parentage---Director General, National Database and Registration authority was sensitized to follow the judgment passed in case of Mian asia v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Finance and 2 others (PLD 2018 Lahore 54) in which eunuchs with unknown parentage had been ordered to be granted identity cards by filling in their parentage columns with random names culled from National Database and Registration authority database---Endorsement of the name of "B" in the column of parentage in her identity card was quite meaningful in more ways than one for the petitioner---Said name in the column of parentage of the petitioner would not be of the 'a' being previous husband of petitioners' foster mother, but was rather in the nature of the imaginary 'Guru'---Denial of a CNIC is a blatant violation of the right to identity as such denial is an unlawful interference with the said right---Constitutional petition was allowed accordingly.

ZARMEEN ABID vs NATIONAL DATABASE AND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, ISLAMABAD arts — 2022 PLD 39 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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