The Islamabad High Court has recently announced that foreign women who marry Pakistani citizens are entitled to obtain the country’s nationality.
In a statement issued on Tuesday (August 26), the Islamabad High Court said that the cases of three Afghan women who had filed complaints regarding their deportation from Pakistan had been reviewed.
It added that the children of these women are also considered Pakistani and family registration certificates have been issued for them.
Umer Ijaz Gilani, the defense lawyer representing the complainants in court, stated that foreign women who marry Pakistani citizens are eligible for citizenship. According to him, the children of these women are Pakistani as well.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan also postponed the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals with temporary residence cards yesterday.
This comes as Pakistan has set September 1 as the deadline for the departure of refugees whose temporary residence cards have expired and will no longer be extended.
More than one million Afghan refugees in Pakistan previously held temporary residence cards.
