ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Monday ordered Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to halt victory notification of four newly elected senators for allegedly having dual nationality.
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar noted that the victorious candidates holding dual nationalities were elected in the recent elections of the Upper House. While hearing another case of dual citizenship, CJP said that he was unaware of their names.
After the Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali informed the apex court, SC halted the notification of Sadia Abbasi, Haroon Akhtar, Nuzhat Sadiq and Chaudhry Sarwar for holding dual nationality.
Sarwar belongs to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) while the other three are from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Supreme Court has issued notices to four candidates for clarifying their positions regarding the issue.
Later the ECP said that some of them had already submitted their affidavits to the commission and had given up to their dual nationality.
SC said that the victorious candidates with dual nationalities have to appear before the court and clear their records.
Chaudhry Sarwar said that he had given up his dual nationality in 2013. He stated the same in a tweet today.
Absolute baseless allegations circulating on the media that I am a dual national. I gave up my British nationality when I became the Governor of Punjab in 2013. I am now only a Pakistani passport holder. pic.twitter.com/dNjDjJwNlL
— Mohammad Sarwar (@ChMSarwar) March 5, 2018
PML-N leader Saad Rafique also tweeted that Nuzhat Sadiq had given up her US citizenship in 2012.
سینیٹر نزھت صادق امریکی شھریت 2012 میں ھی ترک کر چکی ھیں ، انکی دھری شھریت کی اطلاع یکسر غلط ھے – pic.twitter.com/FQOar4R8OS
— Khawaja Saad Rafique (@KhSaad_Rafique) March 5, 2018
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