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A Pakistani court has allowed an Indian woman married to a Pakistani to stay in the country until a decision on the government’s refusal to grant her citizenship, her lawyer said today.
Hifsa, a 25-year-old doctor from Kerala, married Pakistani doctor Aman Khan in Ukraine last year, and then moved to Pakistan early this year. Hifsa, who converted to Islam before the marriage, applied for Pakistani citizenship in June but the Interior Ministry turned it down, citing security concerns, and ordered her to leave the country following the expiry of her visa.
‘‘The Peshawar High Court has allowed Hifsa to stay in Pakistan till further orders and has asked the government to explain the reasons behind rejection of her application,’’ her lawyer, Osman Tarlandi said. — (PTI)
