The Supreme Court on Friday disqualified Rai Ghulam Mujtaba Kharral, a PPP MNA from NA 143 Okara, for holding dual nationality.
The court also ordered the recovery of all monetary benefits drawn by Kharral during the period of his membership of the National Assembly.
The three-member SC bench – comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Azmat Saeed – issued the directive after conducting proceedings on the issue over which the court had already given its verdict declaring such members disqualified.
In its order, the bench said despite its repeated directions a certificate for renunciation of the Canadian citizenship under the Canadian Citizenship Act 1952 was not submitted by the respondent.
It said under the circumstances, it was held that due to not producing the certificate at the time of filing of nomination papers during 2007-08 elections, Kharal stood disqualified.
The court said he had no authority to retain his office as member of parliament as he had violated Articles 62 and 63 of the constitution and required to be dealt in accordance with law.
The bench directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to issue a notification of his disqualification.