KOCHI: The Kerala HC has stayed deportation of three children of an Indian woman and a Pakistani national.
The order gives Haseena some breathing space as she had petitioned the Central government, through the district collector and superintendent of police, to get her children's visas extended and for getting citizenship for them. The stay order, issued by Justice Antony Dominique on July 5, is valid for two weeks and these children, all aged below 10, will be able to stay with Haseena till then.
The 29-year old Haseena married Shahid Mohiyudeen of Pakistan about 11 years ago.
Mohiyudeen, born to Kerala-born parents who migrated to Pakistan, is in fact her cousin. While Haseena's father migrated to Pakistan, her mother had stayed behind in Kerala.