Tag: Dual

SC doesn’t buy Malik’s claim of revoking dual nationality

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday could not wriggle his way out of his latest legal trouble as the Supreme Court rejected documents he...

SC summons four MPs, including, Malik in dual nationality petition

The Supreme Court has sought a reply from four parliamentarians including Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Faranaz Asphani in a case of dual nationality...

SC directs AG to confirm dual nationalities of four MPs

Hearing a petition against parliamentarians having dual nationality, the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq to confirm whether MNAs...

Minorities seek dual voting rights

The Minorities Wing of the Pakistan People’s Party has felicitated President Asif Zardari for making history by consecutively addressing the fifth session of parliament...

SC issues notices on plea against lawmakers with dual nationality

A three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench on Friday accepted for regular hearing a petition seeking disqualification of the parliamentarians holding dual nationality, and issued...

ATC acquits SSP man charged with dual murder

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) acquitted an activist of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) on Friday in the murder case of a DSP and his...

MNAs seek disqualification of dual nationals

The parliamentarians from both treasury and opposition benches including former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday demanded the disqualification of all dual nationality...

NA committee rejects bill against dual nationality

Rejecting a private bill to disqualify members of parliament having dual nationalities, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice said on Tuesday...

Dual nationality holders barred from contesting elections

The newly-formed Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday banned candidates having dual nationality from participating in elections. The decision was taken in a meeting...

Dual nationality holders barred from taking part in elections

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared individuals with dual nationalities ineligible to take part in elections and has recommended that the government...

Nokia all set to take over dual SIM-mobile phone market

The world’s leading mobile phone supplier, Nokia, unveiled the first two of its dual-SIM phones – Nokia X1-01 and Nokia C2-00 – in Pakistan...

PPP rallies against LHC verdict on Zardari’s dual office

Pakistan People’s Party, Faisalabad chapter, took out a rally to condemn the verdict of Lahore High Court, restricting President Asif Ali Zardari from taking...

PPP rallies against LHC verdict on Zardari’s dual office

Pakistan People’s Party, Faisalabad chapter, took out a rally to condemn the verdict of Lahore High Court, restricting President Asif Ali Zardari from taking...

Bill seeks bar on dual nationality holders

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional amendment bill was tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday seeking disqualification for a person to serve the government of Pakistan, as well being elected to the National or provincial assemblies in case he holds dual nationality and foreign accounts or assets. Introducing the bill called The Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2011 (Insertion of new Article 63B), Raza Hayat Hiraj of the PML-Q said under the proposed amendment no person, having dual

Ban sought on dual nationals contesting elections

LAHORE - Jaago Tehreek, a group of like-minded people, on Tuesday demanded a ban on dual nationality holders from contesting the next general election. Jaago Tehreek has initiated a campaign to strengthen the political acumen of citizens from Lahore. Renowned journalist Qayyum Nizami, Scientist Dr Muhammad Sadiq and Engineer Abdul Majeed Khan are among the main founders of the organisation. They have requested the general public, through their message, that they should cast their

President’s dual office case – SHC reissues notices to federal govt,...

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday reissued notices to the federal government and the Attorney General (AG) seeking their explanations on a constitutional petition regarding dual offices held by the president of the country.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Maqbool Baqir issued the notices again to the respondents for the next hearing, as no representative on behalf of the federal government appeared before

17 senior govt officials hold dual nationality

ISLAMABAD - Around 17 federal government officers of BPS-18 and above hold dual nationality, Establishment Division's minister in-charge told the National Assembly (NA) on Monday.
The officers include Australian national Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Chairman Dr Yaseen, British national Wasim Tauqeer, British national Talat Abbasi, British national National Language Authority Chairman Iftikhar Arif, Canadian national Deputy Census Commissioner Ismail Leghari,