IHC suspends citizenship cancellation order for Hafiz Hamdullah.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended order released to cancel citizenship of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Maulana Hafiz Hamdullah.

The Islamabad High Court's (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah conducted the hearing on a petition challenging the higher authorities' decision that revoked the citizenship of Senator Hamdullah by calling him 'alien' for being an Afghanistan citizenship.

The NADRA officials told the court that Hamdullah's national identity card had been blocked for the first time in December 2018 after writing a letter to him, whereas, a district-level committee was also informed where the politician had also appeared. The particulars presented by Hamdullah to the committee were found bogus, the officials said.

During the hearing, the lawyer representing Hamdullah apprised the court that his client is a senator and contested elections for six times, whereas, he became a member of provincial assembly as well.

The lawyer further added that Hamdullah and his family possess Pakistani passport which was cancelled by NADRA...