Published: Friday, January 3, 2014, 9:57 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 3: Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday accepted
applicqations for citizenship from 50 Pak women who have been living in
Haryana for past 21 years without valid visa and passport, said a Times
of India report.
Around 64 families migrated to India after communal tentions broke out
in Pakistan due to Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. The families,
originally from Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province of
Pakistan, settled down in Ellenabad, a small town in Haryana. During
their stay, their passport and visa expired.
The applications for citizenship were accepted online last week by
sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) after the police found that their
residence proof requirements were valid. Bikaner MP Arjun Meghwal and
Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar initiated the process of approving the families'
citizenship. Thanks to their effort, MHA intervened and communicated the
district administration to initiate police verification and other
procedures.
However, only 51 out of 64 migrant families are entitled to Indian
citizenship as only those applicants whose mother or father were born
prior to Partition and had travelled to India prior to December 31,
2004, and refused return to Pakistan could apply.
Oneindia News
courtesy: news dot oneindia dot in
courtesy: news dot oneindia dot in
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