Woman wins challenge over State's refusal to allow her to stay in Ireland

It was heard that the International Protection Appeals Tribunal had not accepted that it was “next to impossible” for a single woman to live alone in Pakistan due to prejudice

The International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) erred in recommending protection be refused on the basis she would not be more at risk of persecution or harm than other women in Pakistan if repatriated there, Mr Justice Anthony Barr said. File photo

A woman from Pakistan whose family were attacked by male relatives objecting to her mother taking up employment has won a High Court order overturning a recommendation she be refused protection here.

Her protection application must be reconsidered in line with the court’s findings, including that the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) erred in recommending protection be refused on the basis she would not be more at risk of persecution or harm than other women in Pakistan if repatriated there, Mr Justice Anthony Barr said.