(a) has acquired the nationality of another country, or (2)â 3. I am a citizen/national under the law of this country or hold a valid document assuring me citizenship or citizenship of this country upon renunciation of Pakistani citizenship. (b) Has the applicant ever been stripped of his or her Pakistani citizenship? c) In the 1961 census, the non-Muslim population of present-day Pakistan was reduced to 2.83%. This percentage rose to 3.25 per cent in 1972, 3.30 per cent in 1981 and 3.70 per cent in 1998. R.S.O. 369 (K), April 9, 1960. In exercising the powers conferred by section 20 of the Pakistan Citizenship Act 1951 (II of 1951) and any other power which makes this possible, the Federal Government is pleased to establish the following conditions for the submission of applications for Pakistani citizenship by Commonwealth citizens: – The independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971 led to the fact that in the majority Bengali State about half a million “stranded Pakistanis” have were abandoned. who traced their ethnolinguistic heritage back to the Bihar region. Despite official promises, Bangladesh refuses to accept or recognize them as citizens. Conversely, the continuous migration of Bangladeshis between 1971 and 1995 resulted in their population exceeding 1.6 million, which was only 10,000 at the time of separation. Migrants are mostly illegal and do not receive citizenship because they migrated after separation. The applicant claims Pakistani citizenship due to migration to Pakistan from territories now belonging to India prior to April 13, 1951, and (2) to confer Pakistani citizenship. This declaration includes, inter alia, his full name and ancestry, his address in Pakistan and his country of residence, details of his passport or other travel documents he carries, as well as his family members.

In exercising his powers under section 13 of the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (II of 1951), the President is pleased to designate the following persons, who shall be citizens of Pakistan from the above-mentioned date by reason of their connection with Gwadur, namely: (1) Any person claiming citizenship under section 3 (c) shall submit a copy in triplicate to the Government of Land on Form A`. (g) Certificate of prior approval by the Federal Government in the event of loss or withdrawal of the applicant`s nationality. The Pakistan Nationality Act governs the citizenship of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The most important nationality law, the Pakistan Citizenship Act, was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 13 April 1951. Pakistan is the only country in Asia with unconditional rights to jus soli citizenship. [1] (C)Â Â Â Â (3) The provincial government may, after such examination as it considers expedient and after considering the evidence required under rule 19, recommend to the federal government that a certificate of nationality be issued on Form A-I`. Before the founding of Pakistan, its territories were part of the British Indian Empire (which included present-day India, Bangladesh and itself) and its inhabitants were British subjects. Pakistan was annexed on 14 September. It was founded in 1947 as a state for Muslims and had dominion status in the British Commonwealth.

It included present-day Bangladesh, known as East Bengal and East Pakistan, which became independent from Pakistan in 1971. After independence from British colonial rule, millions of Muslims migrated from India to Pakistan, and several million Hindus and Sikhs who had lived in what would become Pakistan emigrated to India, raising a number of citizenship issues. S. R. O. (K)/61 of 30 October 1961. In exercising its powers under section 18 of the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (II of 1951), the Federal Government willingly directs that the powers and duties conferred upon it by sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19 and 20 may also be exercised and exercised by the Director of Immigration and Passports and it is presumed that: that he exercised it and that he accomplished it with effect. 1. October 1961.