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| 2026 SLG 4234 = 2026 SLD 4234 |
Writ Petition No. 128-P/2025
Presented By: (WIQAR AHMAD) JUDGE
For the Petitioner: Mr. Jehanzeb Khan Khalil, Advocate. For the
Respondents: Mr. Rahat Ali Nahqi, Asstt: Attorney General for Federal Government. For NADRA. M/s Abdul Rauf, Deputy Director, Mohammad Mubarak and Shahid Imran Gigyani, Ads ( Legal). Date of Hearing: 12.01.2026
Daulat Khan Khilji etc. ……Petitioners.
VERSUS
Ministry of Interior through Secretary Interior, Government of Pakistan etc. …….Respondents.
Law: Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951
Section: 14-A, 16, 19, 18
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 199
Summary
The judgment concerns five constitutional writ petitions involving persons claiming to be Pakistani citizens by descent/birth whose CNICs had been surrendered, blocked, or not renewed by NADRA.
The central issue was whether an admission/declaration made before a NADRA Regional Verification Board regarding surrender of a CNIC could, by itself, amount to renunciation or relinquishment of Pakistani citizenship.
The Court held that it could not. The NADRA Boards were only recommending bodies and had no authority to cancel citizenship/CNICs. No competent authority had passed an order under the relevant citizenship provisions, nor had the statutory procedure for renunciation been followed.