# Claim 540

The government's stated legal basis for the cancellation.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The government's stated legal basis for the cancellation.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Ministry cites father's Pakistani nationality
- About: [incident 2019-india-revokes-taseer-oci-status](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-india-revokes-taseer-oci-status)
- Source: Indian government threatens to cancel journalist Aatish Taseer's overseas citizenship. https://cpj.org/2019/11/indian-government-threatens-to-cancel-journalist-a/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2019-11-07

## Quotation from the source

> Taseer was "ineligible" for such citizenship

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/540. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.