For those who advocate granting constitutional right to dual nationality holders to contest parliamentary elections in Pakistan, I have a question. If George Galloway, a British national by birth, were to willingly adopt Pakistani nationality, will he be eligible to be a member of House of Commons or House of Lords? The answer is no. It is the last and most recent oath of loyalty which an individual takes that matters and not the original nationality that he had. I have great respect and admiration for Lord Nazeer who holds a British passport, but if any of his British born children were to take a US passport pledging loyalty to USA, thereby renouncing loyalty to Her Majesty and the UK, they would become ineligible to contest elections for the House of Commons, House of Lords or hold any public office and ambassadorial assignment. It seems this coalition govt would go to any extent and submit to blackmail of their coalition partners at any cost, even if this compromises our state sovereignty, economic viability and defensive nuclear capability.
ANEELA CHANDIO
Sukkur