How birthright citizenship eludes Karachi's Bengali-speakers
In 2001, NARA or the National Alien Registration Authority introduced a new rule. If you register as an ‘alien’ in Pakistan, you will be given rights to work, own a SIM card, and open a bank account. You can get a private education and be treated at private hospitals. You would not, however, have the right to travel abroad and you would not be able to vote. The government thought this would be an attractive option for people who did not have computerized national identity cards (CNIC) in Pakistan, like many Bengali-speaking people. It was wrong. They wanted nothing to do with it. No one wa...
Source: samaa.tv