PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has disposed of petitions of multiple families against the blocking of their computerised national identity cards (CNICs), asking them to reach out to the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for issuance of the relevant clearance certificates under the citizenship law.
A bench consisting of Justice Wiqar Ahmad and Justice Dr Khurshid Iqbal declared that Nadra should verify claims of the petitioners without being prejudiced by the fact that they earlier made an admission before the verification board regarding relinquishment of their CNICs.
“If they are in fact found to be Pakistan citizens, then a clearance certificate shall be issued in ac
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