Supreme Court pauses deportation of PoK-born man, family with Indian documents
Tariq Butt's father hails from Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, while his mother was born in Srinagar.According to the petition, Tariq Butt lived in Mirpur, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, until 1997 before crossing the border and moving to Srinagar. He lived in the Kashmir Valley for several years and currently resides in Bengaluru. Tariq later earned a management degree from IIM Kozhikode and currently works in an IT firm in Bengaluru.Butt said in his application that he and his family possess Indian passports and Aadhaar cards. His family includes his sister Ayesha Tariq and brothers Abubakar Tariq and Umar Tariq Butt. According to the petition, the family lived in Mirpur, but his place of birth is listed as Srinagar in the passport.advertisementAccording to the petition, the Foreigners' Regional Officer (FRO) wrongly claimed that the family had entered India in 1997 on Pakistani visas and were required to leave after their visas expired. The petitioner denied this, saying they were never Pakistani nationals and had never entered India on a visa.The petition follows the Centre's recent directive, issued after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, asking all Pakistani nationals on short-term visas to leave India or face action.
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