Afghan family disputes cancellation of CNICs.

LAHORE -- An Afghan family knocked on the doors of the Lahore High Court and asked under which law NADRA cancelled their CNICs, despite the fact that they had been Pakistani citizens for many years.

'The family is being humiliated as they are Afghans,' their counsel, Advocate Chaudhry Shoaib Saleem, told the court.

He argued that Darya Khan, Multan Khan, Dawood Khan and their mother Bilquees Bibi had been residing in Pakistan since its existence. All family members had passports, CNICs and domiciles since 1994.

He added that regardless of the situation, NADRA passed an impugned order on January 29, 2018, and cancelled their CNICs. He contended that the respondent, NADRA, did not disclose any substantial grounds for the action.

He said it was also astonishing that NADRA refused to issue the CNIC of the mother and that was the reason a suit for declaration was filed against NADRA. The authority lost the legal battle and finally had to issue the CNIC to their mother.

Justice Shahid Waheed of the lahore High Court asked how NADRA could cancel the CNIC when the court had ordered its issuance. The opposing counsel argued that perhaps NADRA issued the CNIC under pressure from the court.

CNIC condition to come into effect from August

Justice Waheed further asked...