Times of Islamabad

Irony: Indian nationals tops the lists of foreigners seeking Pakistani citizenship

Irony: Indian nationals tops the lists of foreigners seeking Pakistani citizenship

*ISLAMABAD – India tops the list of *foreigners seeking Pakistanicitizenship.

The maximum number of requests came from the eastern neighbour during thelast 10 years.

Out of the 635 foreigners to become citizens of the country, 461 came fromIndia.

While Afghanistan and Srilanka came in second and third.

Interestingly, only four Chinese nationals opted to take up Pakistanicitizenship.

Tensions between Pakistan and Indian escalated rapidly following a suicidecar bombing that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police inIndian-occupied Kashmir on February 14.

India accused Pakistan of harbouring the Jaish-e-Mohammad group