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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) asked the dual national parliamentarians, the federal and provincial Election Commissions to submit their responses till Mar 29 in reference to a plea filed in the SC after the commission banned dual nationals to assume public office.
Three member bench chaired by Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Choudhry heard the plea filed by Mohsin Akhtar Naqvi.
The bench asked for the list of the parliamentarians who possess dual nationality.
The petitioner told the apex court that 35 members of the parliament including Interior Minister Rehman Malik hold dual citizenship.
The SC ordered the petitioner to provide evidence in this regard.
The hearing of the case has been adjourned till Mar 29.
Earlier a summary proposing an amendment to the People’s Representation Act to add a column in nomination papers seeking information about dual nationality from candidates had been moved.
Under Article 63-1(c) of the Constitution, a person is disqualified from being a member of parliament if he ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan or acquires the citizenship of a foreign state.
