Mst. Sharafat Bibi vs Ministry of Interior, Islamabad S — 2026 MLD 18 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2026 MLD 18 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: MLD
Parties: Mst. Sharafat Bibi vs Ministry of Interior, Islamabad S
Subject matter: Constitutional
Provisions referred to: S. 10---P; S. 14-A---C; S. 14-A; Pakistan Citizenship Act (II of 1951); Pakistan Citizenship Act

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Judgment text as reported

Mst. Sharafat Bibi VS Ministry of Interior, Islamabad S. 10---Pakistan Citizenship Act (II of 1951), S. 14-A---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC)---Entitlement---Petitioner claimed to be citizen of Pakistan by birth and lineage but a POR card had been recorded against her name in NADRA database and she had been refused CNIC---Validity---No person can be deprived of citizenship of country merely on a dent of implication or ramification of having entry in NADRA database as Afghan citizen---Such inference is not provided in any law by express words or necessary intendment and the same cannot be taken against a person who proves himself to be original citizen of Pakistan---Requirement of S.14-A of Pakistan Citizenship Act 1951, has not been mandated during such process---Requirements of naturalization certificate are not valid in case of Pakistani citizens and are only valid in case of Afghan citizens, who are holders of ACC cards and desirous of obtaining Pakistan citizenship card---High Court directed the petitioner apply to Regional Verification Board and the Board would consider her case for cancellation of ACC card and then issuance of ACC in accordance with law and rules of NADRA after verification of her claim, as she was claiming to be a Pakistani citizen and whose entries had been effected as Afghan citizen by issuing ACC card---Constitutional petition was disposed of accordingly.

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