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Nationality legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.

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2025 CLC 253 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN Judicial Precedent
Ss. 42 & 54National Database Registration Authority Ordinance (VIII of 2000), S. 47Notification No.8/37/20)6-NADRA, dated 19-04-2017Suit for declaration and injunctionNationalityDeterminationNon-issuance of Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC)Petitioners/plaintiffs claimed to be Pakistani nationals and were aggrieved of non-issuance of CNICsValidity

Petitioners/plaintiffs had been recorded as owners of immovable properties situated in district Quetta since their forefathers i.e. of year 1965-1966

Petitioners/plaintiffs produced documents prior to year 1979, thus they bonafidely proved to be citizens of Pakistan

Petitioners/plaintiffs were entitled to issuance of CNICs in their favour on the basis of Notification No.8/37/20)6-NADRA, dated 19-04-2017

Fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution would be rendered meaningless if a person was stripped of citizenship

This had a devastating impact on human lives

Person once registered as a citizen could not be deprived of citizenship otherwise than as was provided under law

High Court set aside judgment and decree passed by Lower Appellate Court and upheld that of Trial Court

Revision was allowed accordingly.

1963 PLD 88 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Nationality

British subject-Non-registration of a person with United Kingdom High Commission in Pakistan "by itself" does not mean that such parson is not a British subject.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Nationality"

PLD 2011
2011-June-21

P L D 2011 Supreme Court 811

AL-JEHAD TRUST and another — Petitioners Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
PLC(CS) 2024
Writ Petitions Nos.9041 and 26490 of 2023, decided on 8th December, 2023.

2024 P L C (C

UMAR ASGHAR QURESHI and another Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and 3 others

Court: Lahore High Court
SCMR 1989
C.M.P. in Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No.388-R of 1988, decided on 30th September, 1988.

1989SCMR801

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN — Petitioner Versus SPEAKER, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN and others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
CLC 2015
2014-May-27

2015 C L C 1242

Ch. AKHTAR HUSSAIN — Petitioner Versus DISTRICT COORDINATION OFFICER and another — Respondents

Court: Lahore
PLC 1997
Appeal No. KAR‑30 of 1996, decided on 30th May, 1996.

1997 P L C 214

Miss NASIM MEHDI Versus KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES through General Manager, Karachi

Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal Sindh
PLC(CS) 2013
Writ Petitions Nos.2765, 2901, 2887, 2891, 2893, 2840, 2842, 2858, 2859, 2860, 2870, 2873, 2874, 2875, 2876, 2878, 2775, 2628, 2793, 2796, 2808 and 2823 of 2011, decided on 18th October, 2011.

2013 P L C (C

NAZAR MUHAMMAD QURESHI and others Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Interior and others

Court: Islamabad High Court
PLC(CS) 2012
N/A

2012 P L C (C

NAZAR MUHAMMAD QURESHI and 12 others Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Islamabad

Court: Islamabad High Court
PLD 2016
2015-November-19

P L D 2016 Lahore 539

AHMAD NAWAZ KHAN BAKHTIARI — Petitioner Versus APPELLATE AUTHORITY and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
PLD 2019
2018-December-15

P L D 2019 Supreme Court 133

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM SHAIKH — Petitioner Versus GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Ministry of Defence and others — Respondents

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
PLD 2026
2025-May-30

P L D 2026 Lahore 388

ABDUL REHMAN — Petitioner Versus The STATE and 5 others — Respondents

Court: High Court