Law: Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951

Section: 14-A, 16 , 19

Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (II of 1951)-- ----Ss. 14-A, 16 & 19--National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2000 (VIII of 2000), Ss. 17 & 18--CNIC cancellation--Citizenship by descent--Renunciation of citizenship--Admission before NADRA verification board--Effect--Surrender of CNIC--Whether amounts to relinquishment of citizenship--Procedure for renunciation--Jurisdiction of competent authority--Verification of citizenship--Certificate of citizenship--Writ petitions--Relief--The admission before Board could not be equated with relinquishment of nationality--For relinquishment of nationality in certain cases, S. 14-A as well as S. 16 of Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 were relevant--It was apparent that neither a request had been lodged before any authority of Federal Government by any of petitioners u/S. 14-A or section 16 of Act nor had any competent authority passed any order by utilizing powers vested in such authority--The matter had remained inconclusive before Authority, as final order on basis of such admission had not been issued by competent authority--In such a situation where doubts existed regarding national status of petitioners, a remedy had also been provided by law--Petition dispose of.                      [Pp. 84, 88 & 89] A, B, C & D Mr. Jehanzeb Khan Khalil, Advocate for Petitioner. Mr. Rahat Ali Nahqi, Asstt: Attorney General for Federal Government for Respondents. M/s. Abdul Rauf, Deputy Director, Mohammad Mubarak and Shahid Imran Gigyani, Ads (Legal) for NADRA. Date of hearing: 12.1.2026. Judgment Wiqar Ahmad, J.--Through this single judgment this Court is going to dispose of Writ Petition No. 128-P/2025, Writ Petition No. 2273-P/2025, Writ Petition No. 2815-P/2025, Writ Petition No. 4576-P/2025 and Writ Petition No. 5442-P/2025, as common questions of law are involved albeit facts of each case are different. Facts of the respective cases are therefore mentioned separately. 2.       Facts of Writ Petition No. 128-P/2025 are that the petitioners are claiming to be permanent…