Legal Principle & Question Decided

Ruling Summary: This decision was rendered by the Sindh High Court, officially reported as 2026 SHC 753. In this matter between Const. P. 560/2026 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi - Mst. Gul Naz (Petitioner) and the Respondent, the court adjudicated key questions of statutory construction, procedural regularity, and legal precedent under Pakistani law.

Core Holding: The honorable bench evaluated governing statutory provisions and judicial authorities to establish the rights of the parties, delivering the binding reasoning set out below.

Full Judgment Text & Judicial Ruling

COURT: Sindh High Court CASE NO: Const. P. 560/2026 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi CITATION: 2026 SHC KHI 753 PARTIES: Mst. Gul Naz (Petitioner) ORDER DATE: 02-APR-26 BENCH: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author), Hon'ble Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi A.F.R: Yes ------------------------------------------------------------ ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH, KARACHI C.P. No.D-560 of 2026 (Mst. Gul Naz versus Federation of Pakistan & others) _________________________________________________________________ Date Order with signature of Judge _________________________________________________________________ Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi

Date of hearing and order:- 02.04.2026

None present for the petitioner. Mr. Abdul Samad Khan, advocate for NADRA. Ms. Wajiha Mehdi, Assistant Attorney General. Mr. Abdul Jalil Zubedi, AAG. ------------------------- O R D E R

Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, J. – The petitioner Mst. Gul Naz has filed the captioned Constitutional Petition under Article 199 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, seeking following relief(s):- “1. That, this Honourable Court may kindly be pleased to direct the Respondents to issue the CNIC to the petitioner as she being Pakistani Citizen is entitle for her CNIC.

2. That, this Honourable Court may kindly be pleased to Declare the actions and conduct of Respondent No.2 as illegal, unlawtul, and unconstitutional;

3. That, this Honourable Court may kindly be pleased to Initiate departmental proceedings against Respondent No4 fer misconduct and misuse of authority:

4. Any other or further relief(s) which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper under the circumstances..”

2. Learned cou nsel for NADRA submits that, as per the Operations Branch, RHO NADRA Karachi, the petitioner’s CNIC (Tracking ID No. 505495399606 dated 05.03.2026) is ready and available at Mega Centre Siemens Chowrangi for collection. 3. In view thereof, the petitioner i s directed to collect her CNIC from the said center. 4. The petition is disposed of in these terms along with pending application(s).

JUDGE

JUDGE

Shahzad Soomro

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