Sumaira, who was living in Qatar, married an Indian man who took her to India without a visa.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Thursday, February 17, that his ministry had issued the citizenship certificate for Sumaira, who is at a detention centre in Bengaluru, after verification of her family tree by the National Database and Regulatory Authority , the Dawn newspaper reported.
He said the certificate has been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Pakistan’s High Commission in New Delhi would issue a travel document to her, allowing her to return to Pakistan along with her daughter.
As per a report in the Hindu, Sumaira, who used to live in Qatar, married an Indian man from Palakkad named Mohammed Shibab.
After her release from prison, Sumaira is living at a detention centre in Bengaluru with her daughter, the report said.
“There are news doing rounds that the said detenu has been granted Pakistani citizenship but we have not received any official communication so far,” an officer told PTI on condition of anonymity.