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Adnan Sami allowed to stay in India on humanitarian grounds
New Delhi, Aug 4
Famous Pakistani singer Adnan
Sami has been allowed to stay in India on humanitarian grounds till
further orders, a union minister said on Tuesday.
Minister of
State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the
singer was exempted from deportation proceedings under section 3 of the
Foreigners Act.
"...in pursuance of the powers conferred under
section 3A of Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946), the central government
being of the opinion that it is necessary and expedient in public
interest to do so, hereby declared that provisions of clauses (c) and
(e) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Foreigners Act 1946 and
paragraph 11 of the Foreigners Order, 1948, shall not apply to Adnan
Sami Khan, son of late Arshad Sami Khan, and he is exempted from
deportation proceedings. This order shall remain valid until further
orders are issued on the subject," the home ministry order said.
The
46-year-old singer, who gave hit songs like 'Kabhi to nazar milao' and
'Lift karaa de', had appealed for legalisation of his stay in the
country in May this year.
He submitted a representation to the home ministry on May 26, 2015, requesting for his stay in India on humanitarian grounds.
Sami,
who came to India on a visitor's visa, had been staying in India since
March 2001. His visa was extended from time to time, but as his passport
expired in May this year and the Pakistani government refused to renew
it, he was forced to request the Indian authorities to legalise his stay
in the country on humanitarian grounds.