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The 67 Pakistani nationals, lodged in Tihar jail, are facing charges of allegedly staying in India without valid passport or documents.
Issuing notice to the Central government, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S Muralidhar sought the government's reply within two weeks and stayed their deportation till further order.
On Tuesday, the government moved an application before a city court seeking its permission to withdraw all cases registered against them under the Passport Act and Registration of Foreigners Act and to deport them to Pakistan.
However, challenging the government's decision, one of the Pakistani national filed a petition seeking court's intervention restraining the government from deporting them.
Filing a PIL, through counsel Meenakshi Arora, one Saifullah Bajwa said all these people are facing cases of blasphemy and the existing Pakistani law prescribes the sentence of life or death penalty for the charge.
In April, 2007, these people had fled Pakistan due to fear of prosecution on the charges of blasphemy as they belonged to Mehdi Foundation, a multi-faith spiritual organisation that promoted the doctrine of divine love since 1980.
The organisation was headed by Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi, who had fled the country and is presently based in United Kingdom (UK) after Sindh High Court sentenced him to life imprisonment on charges of blasphemy.
After coming to India, they had staged a protest in New Delhi at Jantar Mantar against Pakistani government and burnt their passports besides burning the effigies of their leaders. The Delhi police had arrested them on April 23 2007 for not having valid documents to stay in India.
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The government knows that Pakistan will execute them, still they want to deport them??? SHAME SHAME SHAME... Ashamed to be an Indian.
I am sorry to note that the media in India is no thoroughly investigating the matter neither true reports are being published. Mehdi Foundation is a selfmade cult, which was founded by Muhammad Younus the CEO of MFI in 2002. Gohar Shahi was the Founder of Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam and not of MFI. Kindly print the correct information.
What a beautiful way of getting free food and shelter. It is astonishing as to why they issue the visas at first place and now Human Rights Commission will come in their defence and a long folding drama will take place. What a way to waste Tax Payers money.
send them back. you dont need any more bad eggs. you have enough already.