{"id":6266,"date":"2025-05-05T21:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=6266"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:04:44","slug":"afghan-deportation-policy-challenged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=6266","title":{"rendered":"Afghan deportation policy challenged"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Peshawar High Court has issued notices to the federal government and the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in response to a petition challenging the deportation policy for Afghan refugees and seeking the issuance of a Pakistan Origin Card (POC) to an Afghan man married to a Pakistani woman.<\/p>\n

The petition was heard by a bench comprising Justice Waqar Ahmad and Justice Aurangzeb Khan.<\/p>\n

During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel, Ajmal Khan Mohmand, informed the court that his client, a resident of Takht Bhai in Mardan, is married to Tariq Khan, an Afghan citizen.<\/p>\n

The couple has four children, and the petitioner’s husband now faces deportation under the government’s ongoing refugee repatriation policy.<\/p>\n

The lawyer argued that the deportation policy targeting Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders is unconstitutional and lacks a clearly defined procedure.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that many Afghan refugees have deep-rooted connections to Pakistan, including businesses, marriages, and property ownership, none of which are adequately considered under the current policy.<\/p>\n

He further warned that the forced deportation of the petitioner’s husband would deprive their children of their father’s presence and care.<\/p>\n

The petition requests the court to instruct NADRA to issue a POC to the petitioner’s husband and declare the current deportation policy null and void.<\/p>\n

After hearing the preliminary arguments, the court sought detailed written responses from the federal government and NADRA before the next hearing.<\/p>\n

Illegal detention case<\/p>\n

A five-member larger bench of the PHC on Monday disposed of a petition seeking the recovery of five individuals who had been taken away by police from Hayatabad, after they were safely recovered.<\/p>\n

The court, however, directed authorities to refrain from harassing any of the concerned individuals and instructed the police to submit a detailed investigation report.<\/p>\n

The bench, headed by Acting Chief Justice Justice SM Attiq Shah and comprising Justice Arshad Ali, Justice Sahibzada Asadullah, Justice Muhammad Naeem Anwar, and Justice Waqar Ahmad, heard the case.<\/p>\n

During the proceedings, serious questions were raised regarding police performance, especially in relation to a foreign national who remains missing.<\/p>\n

Acting Chief Justice Shah remarked that the country must operate under the rule of law and all actions by government institutions must adhere strictly to legal procedures.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Peshawar High Court has issued notices to the federal government and the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in response to a petition challenging the deportation policy for Afghan refugees and seeking the issuance of a Pakistan Origin Card (POC) to an Afghan man married to a Pakistani woman. The petition was heard by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}