{"id":89899,"date":"2025-10-30T23:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=89899"},"modified":"2025-10-30T23:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:31:20","slug":"afghans-married-to-pakistani-women-will-not-get-nationality-under-sc-new-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/afghans-married-to-pakistani-women-will-not-get-nationality-under-sc-new-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghans married to Pakistani women will not get nationality under SC new order"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The<\/span> Supreme Court of Pakistan<\/a> has stayed<\/span> the<\/span> contentious<\/span> ruling<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Peshawar High Court that may<\/span> have permitted<\/span> Afghan men married to Pakistani women to obtain<\/span> Pakistan Origin Cards (POC) and,<\/span> in<\/span> effect<\/span>,<\/span> claim<\/span> citizenship in<\/span> Pakistan<\/span>.<\/p>\n

A<\/span> three-member bench<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Supreme Court, led by Justice Shahid Waheed,<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> heard the matter<\/span>,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> provoked<\/span> considerable<\/span> discussion<\/span> and<\/span> debate<\/span>.<\/p>\n

At<\/span> the outset<\/span>, the<\/span> Additional Attorney General Rana Asadullah explained<\/span> that the government has appealed\u00a0against the<\/span> ruling<\/span> of<\/span> the Peshawar High Court<\/a> made<\/span> on<\/span> December 1, 2023, which<\/span> has<\/span> raised<\/span> passions<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> public sphere<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> Peshawar High Court ruled that Afghan men married<\/span> to<\/span> Pakistani women should be provided<\/span> POC cards by<\/span> default<\/span>.<\/span> The<\/span> court even<\/span> suggested to<\/span> lawmakers<\/span> that these Afghan<\/span> men should<\/span> also<\/span> be provided<\/span> with<\/span> full<\/span> citizenship in<\/span> Pakistan<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This<\/span> suggestion<\/span> immediately<\/span> raised concerns<\/span> among both<\/span> elected<\/span> representatives<\/span> and the general<\/span> public<\/span>. Justice Musarrat Hilali,<\/span> as<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> three<\/span>–<\/span>member<\/span> panel<\/span>,<\/span> inquired<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> legal<\/span> basis<\/span> for<\/span> granting<\/span> citizenship<\/span> and requested<\/span> information<\/span> on how<\/span> many<\/span> petitioners the<\/span> case<\/span> involved<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> Additional<\/span> Attorney<\/span> General<\/span> noted<\/span> that<\/span> 117 individuals<\/span> have properly<\/span> applied to<\/span> obtain<\/span> POC<\/span> cards<\/span>, but<\/span> that this likely is<\/span> only<\/span> the “<\/span>tip of the iceberg.“<\/span><\/p>\n

NADRA‘<\/span>s legal advisor commented<\/span> that Afghan men married to Pakistani women would<\/span> also be<\/span> required to satisfy<\/span> visa requirements<\/span>, raising<\/span> concerns about continued<\/span> immigration<\/span> issues<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Justice Hilali articulated<\/span> concern<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> said,<\/span> \u201cWe need to inquire<\/span> if someone scaled<\/span> the<\/span> walls or walked<\/span> through the door<\/span>,\u201d alluding<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> worry<\/span> in<\/span> relation<\/span> to<\/span> people<\/span> who<\/span> might<\/span> have<\/span> entered<\/span> illegally<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> Assistant<\/span> Attorney General gave<\/span> additional<\/span> news,<\/span> indicating<\/span> that contempt of court petitions are to<\/span> be<\/span> lodged<\/span> against<\/span> the Peshawar High Court‘<\/span>s holding<\/span>, indicating<\/span> a potential<\/span> conflict<\/span> brewing<\/span>. After today‘<\/span>s session, the apex court stayed<\/span> the<\/span> decision<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Peshawar High Court and<\/span> ordered<\/span> the<\/span> parties<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> proceedings<\/span> to be<\/span> served<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> apex<\/span> court<\/span> then<\/span> adjourned the hearing, leaving the process<\/span> and<\/span> future of Afghan men seeking POC cards and citizenship in doubt<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has stayed the contentious ruling of the Peshawar High Court that may have permitted Afghan men married to Pakistani women to obtain Pakistan Origin Cards (POC) and, in effect, claim citizenship in Pakistan. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Shahid Waheed, on Wednesday heard the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2888,32055],"class_list":["post-89899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-afghans","tag-afghan-and-pakistani-marriages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89900,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89899\/revisions\/89900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}