A doctor from Pakistan, “stateless” for the past four years, has been registered as an Indian citizen, the Gujarat High Court was informed on Thursday (August 7, 2025).
Nanikraz Khanoomal Mukhi (53), who had a sonography clinic in Pakistan’s Hyderabad, chose to move to India in 2009 for his children’s education and to escape possible religious persecution.
Dr. Mukhi was registered as an Indian on August 5 under Section 5 (1) (A) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 by the office of District Magistrate, Ahmedabad.
The Section prescribes citizenship to a person of Indian origin who is ordinarily resident in India for seven years before making an application for registration and is not an illegal migrant.
The Hindu reported about Dr. Mukhi’s case on July 19.
