Client was a member of the Pakistani political group, PML, and he had suffered past persecution from the PPP, another political party in Pakistan. However, he was granted a “Residence Permit” by the U.K., and therefore the immigration court found that he had “firmly resettled” in a third country, and was therefore precluded from a grant of asylum. The immigration court also denied his claim for Withholding of Removal under the Convention Against Torture. Attorney Furqan appealed the decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and the BIA reversed the court’s finding and instructed the judge to grant our client Withholding of Removal, since there was no fundamental change in the country conditions of Pakistan that would justify denying this relief, irrespective of our client’s firm resettlement in the U.K.
