LAHORE – Fishel Benkhald has been issued a fresh passport by the Pakistani authorities, which has mentioned his religion as ‘Judaism’, BBC Urdu reported. According to the report, Khalid was in contact with NADRA since 2016 to get himself registered as a Jew and after a long time his claim was admitted by the government and is now officially given a Jewish Pakistani Passport.
“Although I was registered as a Muslim at birth, I told NADRA that I am not a practicing Muslim and provided them all the details and documents they asked for in order to cross-check my information”, he told BBC.
He tweeted, “Dear @ImranKhanPTI on 2-Jan Ministry of Foreign Affairs called to inform that I can visit Jerusalem Isreal on Pakistani passport I’m applying for visa from Isreali embassy. Thank u Dr. Faisal @ForeignOfficePk @DrMFaisal @fawadchaudhry @BBhuttoZardari @OfficialDGISPR @peaceforchange
https://twitter.com/Jew_Pakistani/status/1088013736902832129
His first article on a Pakistani paper got published in July 2018 that was a plea for him to visit Israel, “I’m Jewish and a Pakistani… let me go to Israel.”
Social media is congratulating Fishel
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