Tag Archives: Pakistan

Lone Women and Ostracism in Pakistan

Posted on July 16, 2016 by

SM (Lone Women – Ostracism) Pakistan [2016] UKUT 67 (IAC) (2 February 2016) Like his clever creator, Kipling’s fictional character of the orphaned/vagabond Irish immigrant child Kimball O’Hara – the devoted chela (disciple) of a lama – lived in late … Continue reading →

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Case Preview: Rahmatullah v MoD and FCO

Posted on January 27, 2016 by

Nabbed by British forces in Iraq – where he was seeking work – in 2004 only to be handed over to the Americans and rendered to Bagram Airbase, Yunus Rahmatullah, a Pakistani national who grew up in the Gulf, was … Continue reading →

Posted in Article 6, ECHR, FCO, Human Rights Act, Iraq, Muslims, Pakistan, Politics, Terrorism, UKSC | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

New Punishments: Immigration Bill 2015

Posted on October 2, 2015 by

The onslaught continues. The Immigration Act 2014 promised to root out the ills of the system but now fresh legislation has been proposed to cure things even further and the home office recently announced a welter of new (improved) anti-immigrant … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice, Appeals, Article 8, Bank Accounts, ECHR, Economy, Employment, Enforcement, European Union, Human Rights Act, Immigration Act 2014, Immigration Bill 2015, Judicial Review, Politics, Tribunals | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Terror Imam: Monitoring Measures Breach ECHR

Posted on August 12, 2015 by

DD v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1681 (Admin) (19 June 2015) No matter where one looks, judges seem to be hell-bent on helping wicked individuals. For example, SIAC’s recent decision that N2’s continued detention was … Continue reading →

Posted in Al-Shabab, Article 3, Article 8, Asylum, Human Rights Act, Islam, Kenya, Refugee Convention, Somalia, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Supreme Court: ‘Ravichandran is Sound’

Posted on July 11, 2015 by

MA and AA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 40 (24 June 2015) “Aur Sardar Khan tum ko asylum mil giya kya (did you get your asylum Sardar Khan)?” I ask the young Peshawari Afghan … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghan War, Asylum, CFR, Children, CJEU, Court of Appeal, European Union, Immigration Act 2014, Judicial Review, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Only the Civil Standard Applies in Demonstrating Citizenship

Posted on September 15, 2014 by

Begum v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 2968 (Admin) (12 September 2014) This is a noteworthy case, with roots in Pakistan, about the standard of proof to be applied by Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) with … Continue reading →

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Who is Altaf Bhai?

Posted on June 29, 2014 by

Altaf Hussain, or Altaf Bhai as he is infamously known, used to be a Chicago cabby. But these days he means different things to different people. A British citizen, Mr Hussain leads an ethnically motivated political organisation claiming secular and … Continue reading →

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