The National Assembly was informed on Friday that 26 ministries and divisions had informed that 27 government officials hold dual nationality.
Replying to a question of Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, the minister incharge of cabinet secretariat said total 27 officers had dual nationality including M Zafar Iqbal, Assistant Director (BS-17) Intelligence Bureau, reinstated under the sacked employees Act, 2010, Adan Muhammad Abbas Khan and Muhammad Abbas Khan, Assistance Directors National Accountability Bureau, Nasreen Farah, Chemist (BS-20) Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (Petroleum and Natural Resources), Rana Abrar Anwar, Mechanical Engineer Department (BS-20) Divisional Superintendent, Multan Pakistan Railways, Muhammad Yar Bhuttor, Executive Director OPF Grade-12 Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, Sumaira Nazir Khan (BS-20) Director FBR (Customs), Lahore, Sajjad Taslim Azam BS-19, Additional Commissioner FBR, Aurangzeb Alamgir, Joint Director (BS-19) FBR, Basit Hussain (BS-18), Deputy Collector FBR, Syed Rashid Hussain, Inland Revenue Officer (BS-16), RTO FBR Rawalpindi, Muhammad Farooq Afridi, Deputy Superintendent (BS-16) FBR Peshawar, Dr Farrukh Fayyaz Lodhi, Deputy Director General Health BS-19, Capital Administration and Development Division, Nighat Sohail, Steno typist, Ministry of Industries and Production, Engineer Nisar Ahmed Shakoor, Assistant Professor, BPS-18, National Fertilizer Corporation (NFC), Aijaz Ahmed Qureshi, Manager Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation, Khalid Kiah and Nadia Jahangir, Deputy General Manager, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, Tariq Ahmed Chaudhry, General Manager Pakistan Industrial and Technical Assistance centre, S Iqbal Mahmood Rizvi, Director General, and Asghar Khan, Director Pakistan Auditor General of Pakistan, Dr Imran Abdullah, Assistance Professor (BS-19) and Dr Abdur Rehman, Assistance Professor (BS-19), Dr Wasim Ibahi, Lecturer (BS-18), Mina Kharal, Lecturer (BS-18), Zaheer A Hussain, Chief Executive Officer, National University Faisalabad, and Riffat Jafri, General Manager (HR) Pakistan Textile City Limited Karachi.
The National Assembly was also informed that officers of different divisions and ministries had dual nationality of the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Norway.