Tag: Dual

No dual nationalities for us

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira claimed that the dual nationality law was being amended for ‘those Pakistanis whose hearts beat with their country’. He...

Rana Asif given 5 days to file response in dual nationality...

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday adjourned a plea against dual nationality of MPA Rana Asif, granting his counsel five...

Dual nationality debate

For those who advocate granting constitutional right to dual nationality holders to contest parliamentary elections in Pakistan, I have a question. If George Galloway,...

PML-N, ANP likely to oppose dual nationality amendment bill

The Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday expressed their reservations over an amendment allowing dual nationals in parliament. The...

Dual nationality case: SC suspends 2 MQM lawmakers

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...

All for one, contempt for none

Following Yousaf Raza Gilani’s ouster from the Prime Minister’s office for committing contempt of the Supreme Court by not writing to the Swiss authorities...

SC suspends Malik Jamil Awan’s NA membership

The Supreme Court suspended National Assembly membership of PML-N lawmaker Malik Jamil Awan in dual nationality case. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court...

Malik fails to produce certificate of UK nationality renouncement

Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik failed to produce his British nationality renouncement certificate before the Supreme Court during the hearing of...

SC resumes hearing in dual nationality case

The Supreme Court resumed hearing in dual nationality case on Monday, according to a private TV channel. An apex court bench comprising Chief Justice...

Colonial rule redux?

His Excellency the President of Pakistan in a meeting at London with a British national of Pakistani origin has agreed to accelerate efforts to...

PPP mulling a bill to scrap bar on dual national MPs

Badly hit by the law barring dual nationals from becoming a parliamentarian, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its major coalition partners have decided...

HERE WE GO AGAIN!

LAHORE Sajid Khan Lodhy While the tensions between two of the constitutional pillars, the judiciary and the executive, seem not to ebb down any sooner, the...

Dual nationality: PPP MNA Zahid Iqbal’s membership suspended

The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the membership of Pakistan People’s Party MNA Zahid Iqbal for holding dual nationality. A three-member bench headed by...

LHC issues notice to Zardari over dual offices

The Lahore High Court on Friday issued a notice to President Zardari for simultaneously holding the offices of co-chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and...

Samsung introduces exciting new Dual SIM phone

Samsung Electronics, a market leader and award-winning innovator in telecommunications and consumer electronics has announced the arrival of the sleek Samsung Utica E2252. ...

The issue of dual nationalities

Two legislators - Farahnaz Ispahani and Rehman Malik - of the ruling PPP were disqualified by the Supreme Court. We believe that this is...

3 more disqualified in dual nationality case

The Supreme Court hearing the dual nationality case suspended memberships of Muhammad Akhlaq and Amna Buttar of Punjab Assembly and Muhammad Ali Shah of...