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NADIR MUKHTIAR vs DIRECTORATE OF IMMIGRATION AND PASSPORT, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD S — 2026 PLD 1 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation
2026 PLD 1 ISLAMABAD
Court
Islamabad High Court
Year
2026
Reporter
PLD
Parties
NADIR MUKHTIAR vs DIRECTORATE OF IMMIGRATION AND PASSPORT, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD S
Subject matter
Tax & Customs
Provisions referred to
S. 8---P; S. 8; Passports Act

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Judgment text as reported

NADIR MUKHTIAR VS DIRECTORATE OF IMMIGRATION AND PASSPORT, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD S. 8---Passports Rules, 2021, Rr. 21, 22 & 23---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 10-A--- Cancelling, impounding or confiscating a passport---Placing name on Passport Control List (PCL)---Due process of law---Applicability---Application of grounds mentioned in R. 23(6) or 21 of Passports Rules, 2021, requires adjudication---For the purposes of such adjudication an appropriate notice is to be issued to the citizen in question in terms of S. 8 of Passports Act, 1974 read together with Art. 10-A of the Constitution---It is after the adjudicatory process that penal action can be taken in terms of impounding, cancelling, confiscating or inactivation of a passport of a citizen through a reasoned order, after which name of such citizen can be placed in PCL depending on whether such order places the citizen in category 'A' or category 'B' listed under Rr. 22(2)(a) and (b) of Passports Rules, 2021 respectively.

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