The importance of taking an oath and pledging allegiance should be gauged from the fact that just verbal recitation of kalima converts a non-Muslim to a Muslim, breaking all bonds with any other faith or beliefs previously held by an individual. What is after all the ritual of offering prayers other than submission to the will of Almighty! Similarly, when a Pakistani national makes a voluntary decision to pledge an oath of loyalty to another nation, its constitution, monarch, elected constitutional head etc, he renounces all pledges of loyalty to his own country, its constitution and laws.
One can understand the compulsions of those who in search of livelihood are forced to seek foreign nationalities, sending their savings to feed their extended families living in Pakistan. What is unfortunate is the choice of those who having benefitted the most from this country, made fortunes courtesy vast opportunities offered by Pakistan, chose to betray their motherland to flee from any accountability and yet be allowed to play a role in the politics of this country, or be nominated on boards of directors of important state owned corporations, financial institutions and policy making corridors. It is such people who are involved in massive flight of capital from Pakistan.
Can somebody explain what forced Governor State Bank Yasin Anwar or others holding prominent and sensitive assignments, including those heading political parties, to obtain nationality of another country although their oath of allegiance binds them to serve national interests of their newly adopted state, if and when called upon to do so. Will UK, USA or Canada allow its Chancellor of Exchequer or Treasury Secretary to hold a foreign nationality where he can seek refuge to evade accountability?
MALIK TARIQ
Lahore
Your question that would US, UK or Canada allow its Chancellor to hold a foreign nationality is a stupid question. It has become our national habib to blame West in everything. UK or US can not and do not stop any of their citizens to apply citizenship of a foreign country. There is no bar whether one is an ordinary citizen or on a high post. There is no difference between us and them. The only difference is that we employee such foreign nationality holders on top governing/ruling posts whereas those US/UK don't.. So you raise question to yourself or your leadership and not to US/UK
In America or UK, no US citizen, who has pledged an oath of citizenship of another can ever hold any public office. It is impossible that a US Treasury Sec or head of Fed Reserve, head of their Inrpternal Revene Dept, can be a Citizen of another country. Look at the manner in which US is hounding Snowden, a US citizen who has revealed that the American eaves drop on every country, even their embassies.
There are many with duel nationality holding public offices like for example the present governor of bank of England or the Chief Executive of BA. Even in the present Govt.
Baroness Warsi is a minister of state and was chairman of the Conservative party.
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