How many people are stateless in Pakistan?

Before digging deep into the topic of stateless people in Pakistan, let’s figure out the root cause.

Pakistan came into being in 1947, before the partition of India. In the meanwhile, many people migrated from India to Pakistan.

Now, Pakistan was a new state and did not have enough resources to register those who migrated and were going to be the citizens of Pakistan.

Stateless people in Pakistan

There are more than 50,000 stateless people in Pakistan and that is just a raw idea of the current condition. Statelessness leads to many problems, may it be for a nation or an individual. Let’s take a look into the lives of stateless people:

No nationality, no worldly identity

Stateless people in Pakistan can be manipulated quickly because they don’t have any identity. If you live in a state but do not have its identity then it means having no right to talk for yourself or no right to even vote.

Stateless people and their security under threat

Stateless people in Pakistan are living in fear because they have no rights. When you don’t have the nationality of a state, the state is not bound to provide security to such people.

Stateless people in Pakistan have no legitimacy, they get no right to education or such normal things that we don’t even consider in normal life but they struggle for that.

Conclusion

In conclusion, living stateless and having no worldly identity gives birth to numerous problems and Pakistan needs to work to cater to this dilemma.

People of Pakistan, no matter what their caste, creed, or religion is, deserve to have basic human rights and to be treated with equality.

Those who go through such hard times can understand the pain that we cannot because they have felt that lost feeling.

Hence, the government of Pakistan, along with other MNCs and international organizations needs to take this security threat seriously and take suitable measures to cater to it.

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