Tag: Nationality

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 British nationality renouncement certificate

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

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...

Rana Asif called again to appear in dual nationality case

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Friday gave another opportunity to PML-N MPA Rana Asif to appear before the court on...

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...

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...

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...

I do not have British citizenship: Malik

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has reiterated his claim that he does not have British citizenship. Addressing a ceremony of the UK Pakistan Chamber of...

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...

UAE gives women right to pass nationality to children

The United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday that children of Emirati women married to foreigners could apply for citizenship once they turned 18, moving closer...

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...

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

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,