Sanaullah & Attaullah (Petitioner) VS Chairman NADRA & others (Respondent)

ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH AT KARACHI

C.P. No. D-1273 of 2026 [Sanaullah and another V. Chairman NADRA and others] Date Order with signature of Judge(s)

Before:

Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi

1.For order on office objection.

2.For hearing of main case.

Date of hearing and Order: 30.03.2026

Mr. Qadir Hussain Khan, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. Abdus Samad, Advocate for NADRA.

Ms. Wajiha Mahdi, A.A.G.

ORDER

Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, J. – Petitioners Sanaullah and Attaullah Have filed these Constitution Petitions under Article 199 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973, seeking following relief:-

a) To Direct the respondents/NADRA to clear the tracking ID vide No. 505433295770 and issue CNIC to the petitioner No. 2, and other children's of petitioner No. 1, forthwith, without further delay.

b) To declare that the act of NADRA for blocking / under verification of tracking ID of petitioner No. 2, and non processing the CNIC of petitioner No. 1 children's are illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, void ab initio and has no legal value in the eyes of law.

c) To grant any other relief which this Hon'ble court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

2.learned counsel for the Petitioners Sanaullah and Attaullah submitted that they have filed this constitutional petitions under Article 199 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, seeking directions to NADRA to clear Tracking ID No. 505433295770 and issue CNIC to Petitioner No. 2 and CRC/CNIC to the children of Petitioner No. 1, and to declare the blocking/under- verification of their documents as illegal.

3.The respondents avered that the petitioner is a married person and his spouse, namely Hazrat Bibi, has never applied for a CNIC; therefore, she is required to apply for a fresh CNIC in accordance with SOP 6.0.1 along with

requisite documents. It is further stated that the CNIC and CRC of the children can be applied for by the father himself by bringing each child to the NADRA Centre for photograph along with verified Computerized Birth Certificates (CBRC), as the father is already a CNIC holder. It is further that Petitioner No. 2, Attaullah, applied for a fresh CNIC vide Tracking ID No. 505433295770 and appeared before the Zonal Verification Board along with his father, Sanaullah. During the verification process, it was observed that the applicant had no MNIC record and the applicant’s mother also had no CNIC/MNIC record. However, the applicant produced the CNIC and MNIC of his paternal grandfather, Muhammad Umar, and the RG-1 record of the year 1983 was found available in DAVS. Since the applicant did not possess any other documentary proof prior to 1979, the Board referred the case to the Verifying Agency (IB) for further verification. It is further stated that the case was rejected by the Verification and Revocation (V&R) Branch and is presently pending at Mega Centre North Nazimabad Zone, and the petitioner has been advised to revisit the Board along with his father for re-analysis of the case in terms of the new V&R Policy 5.0.0 and 7B, as the father’s Family Tree is available and his RG record has been verified from the year 1983.

4.We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record with their assistance.

5.As per NADRA’s counsel, the case of the petitioners was rejected by V&R and is now pending before the Zonal Verification Board, Mega Centre North Nazimabad, Karachi. He submitted that Petitioners are required to appear before the said Board along with original supporting documents for processing of CNIC/CRC under NADRA Verification Policy.

6.Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners will approach the Zonal Verification Board accordingly. The request of the parties seems to be reasonable and acceded to.

7.NADRA shall process the case in accordance with law and policy without unnecessary delay, preferably within one week after petitioners appear before the Board.

8.The petition stands disposed of along with pending applications.

JUDGE

JUDGE

Ayaz Gul