The federal government has decided to allow Pakistanis wit
h dual citi
zenship to contest elections.
According t
o sources, the federal cabinet has passed a bill to allow Pakistanis wit
h dual citi
zenship to contest elections.
Sources revealed that the Constitutional Amendment Bill has been approved to replace Articl
e 63-1C. After the approval of the Federal Cabinet, the Constitutional Amendment Bill has been sent to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Notably, under the amendment bill, people wit
h dual citi
zenship will have to renounce foreign citi
zenship before taking the oath.
Pakistan currently bars dual citizens from running for parliament. Articl
e 63-1(c) of the Constitution says that “A person shall be disqualified from being el
ected or chosen as, or being a member of the Majlis-i-Shoora (parliament) if he ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan, or acquires the citi
zenship of a foreign state.”
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