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| 1983 SLG 665 1983 SLD 665 = 1983 PLD 20 |
Quetta High Court
Constitutional Petition No. 215 of 1982, decided on 24th October, 1982.
Before Zakaullah Lodhi, Actg. C. J. and Muhammad Jafar Naim, J
Muhammad Moquim Ansari for Petitioners. Munawar Ahmed Mirza, A: G. with Muhammad Yousuf Choudhry, Asstt. A.-G. (Baluchistan) for
Respondents. Dates of hearing : 26th and 27th September, 1982.
Constitutional Petition No. 215 of 1982, decided on 24th October, 1982.
Before Zakaullah Lodhi, Actg. C. J. and Muhammad Jafar Naim, J
Muhammad Moquim Ansari for Petitioners. Munawar Ahmed Mirza, A: G. with Muhammad Yousuf Choudhry, Asstt. A.-G. (Baluchistan) for
Respondents. Dates of hearing : 26th and 27th September, 1982.
ABDUL HAFIZ KHAN AND ANOTHER-Petitioners
VERSUS
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, KHUZDAR AND 4 OTHERS-Respondents
Law: Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951
Section: 17 , 3(a) , 16 , 177 , 26 , 23 , 11 , 30
(a) Pakistan Citizenship Act (II of 1951)-
-- S. 17-Citizenship, acquisition of-Person citizen of Pakistan by birth or migration before commencement of Act (13-4-1951)-Entitled to certificate of citizenship as of right if application made on prescribed form-Person residing in Pakistan for a period of one year-Federal Government can, in its discretion, grant a certificate of domicile to such person under S. 17-Section 17, held, does not deal with cases of persons acquiring citizenship by birth, descent, or migration before 13-4-1951.