Rafiq Khan and others Vs Federation of Pakistan through Federation Secretary and others

JUDGMENT SHEET

PESHAWAR HIGH COURT, PESHAWAR

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

W.P. No.6436-P/2026 Rafiq Khan and others Vs.

Federation of Pakistan through Federal Secretary and others

Date of hearing 10.06.2026 For Petitioner(s): Mr. Hamza Jamshed Advocate.

For Respondent(s): M/s Sana Ullah AAG and Taimur Khan AAG for the Federation.

For NADRA: Mr. Shahid Ali Khan, Director Operation & M/s Abdur Rauf, Muhammad Mubarak & Shahid Imran Gigyani, Law Officers.

JUDGMENT

WIQAR AHMAD, J. This judgment is directed to dispose of instant writ petition (bearing No.6436-P of 2026) and all those writ petitions listed in annexure-A, of this judgment.

2.In all these cases petitioners have been claiming to be Pakistani citizens by descent and that their entry in database of NADRA as holders of Afghan Citizen Cards (hereinafter referred as ACC) or Proof of Registration Cards (hereinafter referred as POR) have been wrong (to the extent of reflecting them as Afghan W.P. No.6436-P/2026

citizens), illegal and ineffective upon their rights. They have sought declarations for declaring them as Pakistani Citizens. It is important to be noted that in this and the connected cases petitioners have not applied to NADRA authorities for issuance of clearance certificates, but have approached this Court directly, without obtaining said remedy available to them. It was in this perspective that when this case was taken in motion on 03.06.2026, this Court had asked for the following explanations:

“It is case of the petitioners that they are Pakistani citizens, whereas Afghan Citizen Cards were wrongly issued in their names. Learned Law Officer for NADRA stated that NADRA has already developed a mechanism for entertaining requests for issuance of clearance certificates and questioned why the petitioners had not lodged such requests at NADRA Registration Centre and had instead chosen to file writ petition. Learned counsel for petitioners replied that the NADRA authorities had not been entertaining the requests of the petitioners at all. In such circumstances, we direct respondent No. 2 to submit a report explaining the policy governing such requests, the procedure for entertaining same, and the timelines prescribed for issuance of clearance certificates. All relevant SOPs, policies and procedures shall be explained in detail in the report, and copies thereof shall also be annexed. Such report shall reach this Court within three (03) days. Adjourned to 10.06.2026”.

3.In response thereto, NADRA filed its comprehensive report. The relevant policy has also been annexed with the report. Learned counsel for petitioners mainly contended that petitioners are not being entertained at the W.P. No.6436-P/2026

NADRA Registration Centres and that is why they have been feeling compelled to file constitutional petitions before this Court. Mr.

Shahid Ali Khan, Director Operations, NADRA, appeared and assisted the Court in the matter.

He vehemently denied that NADRA Registration Centres have been denying services to consumers. He stated that the authority for issuance of Clearance Certificates under Section 19 of the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the “Citizenship Act”) had been devolved to the Registrar General i.e. Chairman NADRA. That NADRA has established proper institutional mechanism for dealing with all such cases. He added that a comprehensive policy has also been framed in this regard, which has been annexed with the report of NADRA, and that sufficient human resources have been dedicated for processing cases of ACC and POR card holders. He further contended that Grievance Redressal Committees have also been constituted and that the entire machinery has been working in full gear.

He submitted that, so far, NADRA has W.P. No.6436-P/2026

received 26,000 applications, out of which 2,132 cases have been finally disposed of, while 6,637 applicants have not turned up to pursue the verification process and, therefore, their cases remained pending. He further informed the Court that, out of the decided cases, Clearance Certificates have been issued to 2,200 applicants, after verification of their status as Pakistani nationals (who had wrongly been issued ACC or POR cards) whereas 17,884 cases have been declined as the applicants therein could not establish that they were Pakistani citizens. Learned Additional Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General and learned Law Officers for NADRA also rendered assistance to the Court in these cases.

4.We have heard arguments of learned counsel for petitioners, learned Additional Attorney General, Director Operation NADRA as well as learned Law Officers representing NADRA and perused the record.

5.Regarding issuance of Clearance Certificates (to those persons in whose names ACC or POR cards have been issued but who W.P. No.6436-P/2026

claim to be Pakistani citizens) this Court had earlier rendered judgment dated 31.05.2024 in the case of “Qasim Khan and others Vs.

Federation of Pakistan through Federal Secretary, Islamabad, etc.” (W.P. No. 4283-P of 2023), and held that such persons should apply to the Federal Government for issuance of clearance certificates under section 19 of the Citizenship Act. Subsequently, the Federal Government devolved its authority under Section 19 of the Citizenship Act to the Chairman NADRA, whereafter NADRA

authorities were directed by this Court to entertain and process cases of all such applicants who claimed to have been Pakistani citizens but in whose names ACC or POR cards had been issued. The requisite modalities were also explained by this Court in its judgment dated 02.09.2025 in the case of “Mst. Lal Pari, etc. Vs. Federation of Pakistan through Federal Secretary, Islamabad, etc.” (W.P. No.

4827-P of 2025), in the following words:

“9. Regarding modalities adopted by NADRA, it was explained by Director General, NADRA that NADRA shall process all those cases where applicants had earlier approached this Court and whose cases had earlier been sent to Ministry of Interior Islamabad on the ratio of Qasim Khan judgment supra and that necessary intimation W.P. No.6436-P/2026

would also be issued to such applicants. He also informed that NADRA have designated their Service Delivery Center at Ring road, Peshawar as their first center for entertaining all those persons, who claim to be Pakistani citizens and in whose names ACC or POR Cards had wrongly been issued. He added that by looking to number of persons and capacity of the Service Delivery Center, other centers would also be authorized for enabling the authority to cope with influx of such persons and NADRA would efficiently deal with all such cases at the earliest. While explaining the policy given by NADRA for the purpose, the worthy Director General, also stated that after necessary verification is made by NADRA, once a Certificate of Clearance is issued under Section 19 of Pakistan Citizenship Act 1951 then the applicants would be required to collect the Certificate and move another application to Ministry of SAFRON for obtaining their NOC for cancellation of ACC and POR Cards in the relevant NADRA database. Here we found that this may result into much inconvenience (keeping its legality aside, which may be decided in some appropriate case) for those persons, who are verified by NADRA to have been Pakistani citizens. Compelling them to collect Certificate of Clearance from NADRA authorities and then applying to Ministry of SAFRON for giving NOC for cancellation of ACC and POR cards (as the case may be) would be a cumbersome exercise for such persons. At that stage they would not be having their CNICs and compelling them to physical go to Ministry of SAFRON at Islamabad, may subject them to much hardship. For avoiding such hardship to Pakistani citizens (verified by then) it is directed that NADRA shall develop a Software for Ministry of SAFRON and once a person is verified and he is issued a Certificate under Section 19 of Pakistan Citizenship Act 1951, such certificate shall be transmitted to the ministry of SAFRON electronically, who shall respond to NADRA within a specified time (not more than 15 days) whether they have got an objection on cancellation of ACC or POR Cards of the individual or not. If they have got no objection, then NADRA would process cancellation of ACC or PORS Cards and issuance of CNIC to such Pakistani citizens (as per their SOP. This modality should be finalized by Secretary, Ministry of SAFRON, Islamabad or his representative with Chairman, NADRA representative within 15 days.

10.In light of what has been discussed above, we dispose of this and all the connected writ petitions with the observations that all the applicants should apply to Service Delivery Center at Ring Road, Peshawar or any other Center which may be designated by NADRA. Their cases shall be entertained by NADRA authorities and proceeded in accordance with law for issuance of a Certificate under Section 19 of Pakistan Citizenship Act 1951. Once such certificate is issued then the Ministry of SAFRON shall be bound to electronically convey their objections or no objections to the NADRA authorities within 15 W.P. No.6436-P/2026

days of communication of an electronic copy of such certificate. The Ministry of SAFRON shall also develop a modality for communicating their objections or no objections to NADRA electronically, in accordance with our directions given above”.

6.Despite the fact that the forum having been clarified, the mechanism established, and no confusion remaining so far as the subject is concerned, petitioners have continued to approach this Court in large numbers by filing writ petitions. In instant cases, petitioners have not approached NADRA but have directly invoked constitutional jurisdiction of this Court, seeking declarations regarding their citizenship. Such claims involve disputed questions of facts requiring factual determination, and a competent forum for said purpose already exists. In the circumstances, resort to the constitutional jurisdiction of this Court, and that too as a measure of first instance, is not found justified. As regards the establishment of forums, procedure for submission of applications, and subsequent process of verification, NADRA has already framed and implemented an effective policy. In order to make said policy readily available to all concerned and to clarify any doubts that may W.P. No.6436-P/2026

still exist in the minds of certain persons, this Court deems it appropriate to reproduce relevant portions of the policy in this judgment:

“5. Requirements:

5.1.1 An individual seeking a citizenship certificate under section 19 of PCA 1951 shall appear in person along with an affidavit as prescribed by the Pakistan Citizenship Rules, 1952, affirming the accuracy of the information provided therein and all supporting documents at any of the designated DAUs of the Authority

(NADR).

5.1.2 The affidavit must be duly attested by an Oath Commissioner affirming the applicant’s statements regarding citizenship and anyone or more of the supporting documents as mentioned in Schedule IV of this policy.

5.2.1 Self-presence of the applicant (with or without the token slip); OR

5.2.2 Attendance by any of the blood relatives of spouse, as specified within the application, presenting the original token slip alongside an Authority letter from the applicant bearing the applicant’s signature and legible left thumb impression.

5.3.1 An applicant required to submit documents(s) S/he must do so within the 30 days.

5.3.2 Non-compliance with the stipulated requirements may result in application rejection or processing delays.

5.3.3 All particulars shall be recorded strictly in accordance with the document(s) furnished by the applicant.

5.3.4 Guidance may be sought from ARD Headquarters, regarding any exceptional circumstance(s) at any stage of the case i.e. evaluation or interview at the verification Board.

6.Procedure of application

6.1.1 The applicant shall visit in person at a NADRA Designated Data Acquisition Unit (DAU) to apply for a Citizenship Certificate along with all perquisite documents/requirements ensuring that the issuing authority duly verifies all the documents.

6.1.2 The DAU shall issue a quemetic token followed by application token and capture the applicant's data (including biometric information and personal particulars). Digitized form Q, having a system generated unique application number (Tracking ID) will be printed. The applicant will sign the printed form Q and DAU will properly scan all supporting documents W.P. No.6436-P/2026

submitted by the applicant including affidavit and signed form.

6.1.3 Subsequent to the document scanning, application token will be stamped as an acknowledgement receipt, indicating the submission and appointment dates for VB and shall return all the original documents to the applicant and forward the application to the Verification Board (VB) for further processing. The DAU shall guide the applicant to visit office of the verification board on the appointment date.

6.1.4 The VB on the scheduled date, shall conduct a preliminary interview of the applicant in the light of affidavit and provided documents and evaluate the eligibility for citizenship.

6.1.5 If the application is found incomplete, it shall be returned to the respective DAU, and the applicant will be guided on the necessary corrections or submission of additional documents.

6.1.6 The VB once get the documents in the manner as required in this SOP shall ensure verification of all the documents through verifying agencies/ relevant departments/offices. After receiving verification and endorsement from the relevant offices, the VB shall conclude the application and render a determination within thirty (30) days and send its recommendation to the Regional DG being the authorized officer. The Authorized Officer shall forward his/her final recommendation to the Ops. Division ARD Office for review and onward process at HQ end.

6.1.7 ARD office will review overall progress and forward the case to the COO with necessary input (if any) for the approval of the competent Authority.

6.1.8 The COO, if satisfied with the overall working, shall send the case to the registrar general or may seek legal advice from Legal Dte., (if needed) before, submission to the registrar general of Pakistan, for final decision.

6.1.9 The competent authority may approve issuance of Form Q-1 or otherwise reject the application, recording the reasons in writing for such rejection and/or require further documents as the case may be.

6.1.10 Where the application is approved, the Form Q-1 will be generated under the digital seal and signature of the competent authority and will be ready for printing by the originating DAU. In the event of rejection, the originating DAU shall notify the applicant accordingly through a system generated letter.”

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7.When an effective alternate mechanism already exists, issues involved in these constitutional petitions cannot be resolved without a process of factual determination, where process of verification can effectively be conducted under the policy furnished by NADRA, resort to constitutional jurisdiction of this Court, and that too as a measure of first instance, is not at all justified. This Court, while rendering its judgment dated 23.02.2026 in the case titled “Muhammad Jamil, etc. Vs. Federation of Pakistan through Federal Secretary, Islamabad, etc.”

(W.P. No. 9815-P of 2025), has already held in a somewhat similar situation;

“12. While reverting to the situation in hand, we can safely hold that a writ petition filed by a foreign citizen for the issuance of a naturalization certificate shall only be maintainable where the petitioner demonstrates substantial compliance with the available statutory machinery by filing a formal application under Section 4, supported by an official acknowledgement or proof of postage. This Court, in exercise of its constitutional jurisdiction, must respect the legislative intent and the functional integrity of statutory forums; therefore, it cannot exercise the executive functions by issuing a naturalization certificate directly. Such a grant remains the exclusive prerogative of the Federal Government, which job has been assigned to Director General, Immigration & Passports. The alternate remedy is not only efficacious but exclusive to the authority of the concerned officer of Federal Government. Consequently, this Court shall only intervene where the statutory remedy is proven to be inefficacious or illusory due to administrative inaction, typically evidenced by a failure to process the application within sufficient time i.e a period of six months. In the absence of such proof of exhaustion of the departmental W.P. No.6436-P/2026

remedies, all the writ petitions were found premature, and therefore not maintainable.”

8.Petitioners have been approaching this Court in instant as well as in all connected cases without first resorting to the mechanism provided by NADRA for issuance of Clearance Certificates and cancellation of ACC/POR cards. As such, these writ petitions were found to be not maintainable in view of the availability of an effective alternate remedy. We therefore, dispose of all these writ petitions with the observation that petitioners, if so advised, may apply to NADRA authorities for issuance of Clearance Certificates. All such persons who claim to be Pakistani citizens and whose ACC/POR cards have been issued wrongly in their names, may also approach NADRA authorities for said purpose. No officer of NADRA shall refuse service to such applicants and shall deal with all relevant cases in accordance with the policy already framed for this purpose (relevant portions whereof have been reproduced hereinabove).

All applicants approaching the designated NADRA Registration Centres shall be entertained and issued proper tokens without W.P. No.6436-P/2026

any exception. They shall be given specific dates for submission of requisite documents and on submission, proper acknowledgment shall be issued in writing. In case any deficiency is pointed out, same shall be communicated to them along with a further date for completion. Where documents are found complete, they shall be referred to the Special Verification Boards through written intimation. NADRA shall also devise a mechanism whereby, on each appearance before Special Verification Board, proper acknowledgment is to issued to the applicants showing their attendance before the Board. The cases of all applicants, upon compliance of the timelines prescribed by NADRA, shall be processed and finally decided within a period of four (04) months from the date of application/issuance of first token. In case any delay is caused on the part of applicant, same shall be duly recorded in the NADRA database and produced before this Court, if such applicant subsequently approaches this Court.

During pendency of this verification process, writ petitions shall not ordinarily be W.P. No.6436-P/2026

entertained, as same would be premature and not maintainable. Only after a reasonable period (four months from the date of first applications) has lapsed, petitioner demonstrates that all requisite documents have been submitted, proceedings before the Board have been attended, and yet NADRA has failed to finalize the matter within four (04) months, a petitioner may file writ petition and only then same may be entertained. In such cases, petitioner shall annex proof of submission of documents and attendance before the Boards. In the absence of compliance with the aforesaid process, such writ petitions shall not be entertained by this Court. NADRA authorities shall also modify their SOPs in accordance with this judgment.

Announced

JUDGE

JUDGE

(DB)Hon’ble Mr. Justice Wiqar Ahmad J. Hon’ble Ms. Justice Farah Jamshed J. *Atif Zafar JSS*

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JUDGE

JUDGE

(DB)Hon’ble Mr. Justice Wiqar Ahmad J.

Hon’ble Ms. Justice Farah Jamshed J.

*Atif Zafar JSS*

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