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ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (APP):The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday instructed the Ministry of SAFRON to decide the case of an Afghan national within one month regarding the POR card.
Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, hearing the case, remarked that the civil court cannot order to grant citizenship as it is the discretion of the government.
He noted that the issue in this case is that the applicant is an Afghan refugee and he has just come to know that his parents are Pakistani.
The applicant will have to cancel his POR card and then apply for citizenship, he remarked.
The court ordered SAFRON Ministry to decide on petitioner’s application for cancellation of POR card within one month.
The court restrained relevant agencies from deporting petitioner to Afghanistan till SAFRON Ministry’s decision into the matter.
The petitioner’s lawyer argued that Peshawar High Court has decided that NADRA has to decide on POR card.
Justice Kayani asked the applicant that if the writ should be converted into petition. You are sitting in the wrong vehicle, he remarked.
The applicant, earlier said that, I have applied to the Ministry of SAFRON and NADRA for cancellation of POR card but it is not decided yet.
The court ordered the Ministry of SAFRON to decide on the applicant’s application for cancellation of POR card within a month and adjourned hearing.