Tag: Citizenship

Denmark to deprive jihadists’ children of citizenship

Children born abroad to Danish jihadists will no longer receive Danish citizenship, the minority government announced on Thursday after striking a deal with its...

Aasia Bibi’s lawyer offered Dutch asylum, no word yet on her...

LAHORE: The lawyer for a Christian woman acquitted by the Supreme Court in Pakistan's most high-profile blasphemy case on Thursday denied making a formal request...

Naturalizing Afghan refugees a pragmatic solution for security issues

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a dialogue lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement in Karachi to offer Pakistani citizenship to Afghans born and raised in Pakistan...

CM Kamal questions citizenship to Afghans

Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal on Tuesday said that reservations persist on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement about granting citizenship to the Afghan refugees. He...

Pakistani-British grooming gang loses citizenship

Three rapists from the Rochdale child grooming gang will be stripped of British citizenship after a top judge branded their predatory attacks “serious organised...

Indian woman’s Pakistani citizenship to be decided by interior ministry

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday directed the interior ministry to decide the matter of granting Pakistani citizenship to Kiran Bala. Kiran, alias Amna...

US President offers ‘Dreamers’ another path to citizenship

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is offering a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million young illegal immigrants but insists on measures that...

US strips Indian man of citizenship as crackdown on fraudulent immigration...

NEW JERSEY: A naturalised American from India has been stripped of his United States citizenship, the first case under a government initiative designed to...

A Philippine woman asks for citizenship after marrying Pakistani man

ISLAMABAD: A Philippine woman, Maryam, had married to a Pakistani man Imran, a resident of Kurram Agency, after converting to Islam. Maryam asked the...

Philippine woman reaches Kurram Agency for love, seeks Pakistani citizenship

ISLAMABAD: Maryam, a Philippine woman who married Imran, a resident of Kurram Agency, on Friday moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for a Pakistani...

I chose Indian citizenship as I feel free there: Adnan Sami...

Eighteen years ago, Adnan Sami left Pakistan and relocated to India. Little did he know, he was about to become a phenomenon in the...

India allows district magistrates to give citizenship to Pakistan Hindus

In a bid to attract Pakistani Hindus and defame the country about treatment with minorities, the Indian government has delegated the power of citizenship...

India reduces citizenship fee for Hindus, minorities from Pakistan

India has reduced registration fee for Hindus and other minorities from Pakistan and two other countries, making it easier and financially affordable to become...

Switzerland halts citizenship process for Muslim students’ family

Switzerland has suspended the citizenship process for the family of two teenage Muslim brothers after the boys’ refusal to shake hands with their female...

India mulls granting citizenship to Pakistani Hindu migrants

The Indian government is considering a proposal aimed to simplify the procedures for granting Indian citizenship to minority Hindus from Pakistan, the Times of...

Nisar orders to grant Pakistani citizenship to Indian woman

Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali on Tuesday directed the concerned authorities to grant a Pakistani nationality to a woman of Indian origin...

Australia introducing counter-terrorism citizenship changes

Considering introducing ‘jihadi watch’ programme in schools to keep tabs on ‘radicalised’ pupils Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Sunday that Australia is set to...