The Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended the membership of Nadia Gabol and Farhat Muhammad Khan of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
A three member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the dual-nationality case on Wednesday. The proceedings began with arguments by Malik Jameel’s counsel Imtiaz Siddiqui, who earlier filed his client’s written statement on oath.
PML-N’s Malik Jameel Awan, who the Supreme Court (SC) suspended as lawmaker on Tuesday, submitted a written rejoinder to the apex court on Wednesday. During the hearing, Imtiaz Siddiqui argued that in Netherlands, nationality was different from citizenship. Justice Jawwad S Khwaja remarked that the hearing of the case would not be possible if the Dutch law was not comprehended. Addressing Malik’s counsel Siddiqui, Chief Justice Chaudhry noted, “According to you, there is no concept of citizenship in Holland; instead, only nationality exists there?”
Upon which, Justice Khawaja said: “We are not comprehending the difference between citizenship and nationality.”