Legal Principle & Question Decided

Ruling Summary: This decision was rendered by the Sindh High Court, officially reported as 2025 SHC 764. In this matter between Const. P. 5287/2025 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi - Aziz ur Rehman (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. 5287/2025 (D.B.) Sindh High Court, Karachi CITATION: 2026 SHC KHI 764 PARTIES: Aziz ur Rehman (Petitioner) ORDER DATE: 31-MAR-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-5287 of 2025 (Aziz-ur-Rehman v Federation of Pakistan & others) ____________________________________________________________ Dated Order with signature of Judge. ____________________________________________________________

Before: Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon Mr. Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi

Date of hearing and order:-31.03.2026. Mr. Muhammad Shair Khan, Advocate for the Petitioner. Ms. Wajiha M. Mehdi, Assistant Attorney General. Mr. Abdul Samad, Counsel for NADRA. ---------------

O R D E R Adnan-ul-Karim Memon,J Petitioner Aziz ur Rehman has filed this Constitutional Petition under Article 199 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, seeking a declaration against the a lleged blocking of CNICs of his mother and brother and for directions to the respondents to restore the same and restrain them from taking any coercive action. Learned counsel for NADRA submits, based on comments filed by Branch RHO, NADRA Karachi, that CN ICs of the petitioner’s mother and brother are not digitally impounded or blocked in the NADRA record; therefore, no cause of action survives , and no further action is required on the part of NADRA. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for NADR A and the comments placed on record, the grievance of the petitioner has been redressed , and nothing survives in this petition. Accordingly, the instant petition is disposed of in terms of the statement of NADRA. However, if any future adverse action is t aken against the petitioner’s mother or brother, the same shall be strictly in accordance with law and after due process.

JUDGE

JUDGE

Jamil

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