Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah tweets: "I have asked CID to look in to the passport case of Sufaira. Will revert with the facts once I have them. Needless to say she will NOT be denied a passport because of her uncle's past. All such pending cases of previous denials are being cleared."

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A 15-year-old girl from Jammu and Kashmir is paying the price for government insensitivity after she was denied a passport because her uncle had terror links.

Sufaira Nazir has bagged a scholarship under the youth exchange study programme in the United States but may not be able to pursue it. She has not been able to get the passport as her uncle was a terrorist who surrendered some time back.

Nazir's family has questioned the move and asked why is she being made to suffer for no fault of hers. The family has also questioned how senior separatists like Yasin Malik, and the Mirwaiz are allowed to travel outside the country? And why is she being victimsed, they ask.

"I was very happy when I got to know about the scholarship but later I was informed that I am denied a passport. I really want to go to US," said Nazir.

Meanwhile, Ministry of External Affairs said it is looking into the matter. "We gave passport to a similiar case within five days of State CID clearance," it said. -- IBN Live