Tag: Nationality

SC indifferent to PML-N’s dual nationality holders: Sumsam Bukhari

Federal State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Syed Sumsam Bukhari has showed dissatisfaction over the Supreme Court's ruling in dual nationality case. Addressing a...

SC disqualifies 11 lawmakers on dual nationality

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday disqualified parliamentarians holding dual citizenships under Article-36-1C of the Constitution. It should be mentioned that the apex court...

SC reserves judgment in dual nationality case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict in the dual nationality case which was expected to be announced within a couple of days. A...

Only part Pakistani

The biggest threat to Pakistan’s national security is the organized nexus dominated by foreign nationality holders that control its civil bureaucracy, security apparatus, State...

Malik submits renunciation certificate in SC

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday submitted a certificate in the apex court as proof of his British citizenship abandonment. Malik has mentioned in...

MQM kick starts dialogue for dual nationality bill support

Under immense pressure to protect its dual national lawmakers, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday initiated negotiations with coalition partners to seek their...

ANP shares reservations over dual nationality bill with PM

The Awami National Party (ANP) has formally explained its opposition on the dual nationality bill on Saturday when the party’s lawmakers met Prime Minister...

‘No army officer has dual nationality’

No military officer has a dual nationality in the Pakistan army, an official of the Pakistan army said on Thursday. The official said that...

Rehman Malik quits parliament over dual nationality

Senior Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik resigned from parliament on Tuesday amid a controversy about his dual nationality. The Supreme Court suspended Malik’s...

Dual nationality bill stirs up a storm in Senate

The dual nationality bill faced stiff opposition from all quarters when it was presented in the Senate on Tuesday. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, coalition partners...

Shujaat favours dual nationality bill but conditions apply

PML-Q President Shujaat Hussain has said dual nationals should be conditionally allowed to take part in the elections but no dual national should be...

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...