Woman moves court to seek Pakistani nationality for Indian husband

LAHORE - A woman has moved the Lahore High Court to seek Pakistani nationality for her husband from India.

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday admitted for hearing the petition filed by Shazia Zia, a resident of Lahore who sought Pakistani nationality for her Indian husband, Daily Times reported Friday.

The judge, after admitting the petition, referred it to the LHC chief justice for constituting a larger bench to proceed on the petition.

The petitioner said she married Majid Ali, an Indian, and the Pakistani authorities had refused to grant nationality to her husband.

She claimed that there was no legal justification for this refusal and said that it was gender discrimination and had no provision in the constitution.