Singer Adnan Sami Khan requests for being Indian Citizenship will be granted soon. He will be given Indian citizenship under Section 6 of the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955.
Singer Adnan Sami Khan‘s request for being an Indian Citizen will be granted soon. He will be given Indian citizenship under Section 6 of the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955.
Adnan Sami has been staying in Mumbai since 2001. He was born and raised up in London. He was born to Pakistani Pashtun father and an Indian Kashmiri mother. He currently possess Canadian passport and was trying for Indian citizenship from a very long time.
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The decision was made after Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi gave a positive view to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) regarding Adnan’s citizenship by naturalization in view of his distinguished service to the cause of art.
His request for Indian citizenship on the argument that he was rejected Pakistani citizenship, making India, where he has been staying for a decade-and-a-half, his “home”.
Shiv Sena is strictly opposing the Pakistani actors and artists, but NDA government is set to issue the citizenship to the singer. He came to India on a one year visiting visa.