Son of Pak- Afghan couple granted bail

PESHAWAR: The son of a Pakistani-Afghan couple, who was arrested for deportation to Afghanistan during the action against illegal immigrants, was granted bail on Friday.

Kamran, the teenaged son of a Pakistani woman and Afghan man, was granted bail by the court of magistrate Hassan Ali Khan. He was arrested by the local police during the action against illegal Immigrants and was charged under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act.

Advocate Nauman Muhib Kakakhel represented the accused. The counsel argued that the accused was born to a Pakistani/Afghan couple and was, therefore, a Pakistani Citizen by descent under Section 5 of the Citizenship Act 1951. The counsel argued that the mother of the accused was a Pakistani woman who had moved the Peshawar High Court seeking grant of Pakistan Origin Card for her husband and citizenship for her children.