مضمون کا ماخذ : como apostar na mega sena
Liberal reading of law on disqualification sought
Justice Umar Ata Bandial said on Wednesday that a lenient approach should be taken in interpretation of laws on disqualification for holding dual citizenship. He made these remarks as the Supreme Court resumed hearing a case pertaining to dual nationality of lawmakers. He maintained that the country’s law allowed citizens to hold dual nationality, and […]
Justice Umar Ata Bandial said on Wednesday that a lenient approach should be taken in interpretation of laws on disqualification for holding dual citizenship.
He made these remarks as the Supreme Court resumed hearing a case pertaining to dual nationality of lawmakers.
He maintained that the country’s law allowed citizens to hold dual nationality, and asked why couldn’t a person be given a chance [to contest for public office] after s/he had surrendered her foreign passport and returned to the country for good.
Earlier, Justice Ijazul Ahsan remarked that a disqualified person could not become eligible to contest polls even after she had surrendered foreign passport.
The court’s advisor on the case, Bilal Manto, insisted that the constitution had no provision regarding reversal of disqualification upon surrendering of foreign nationality. However, he said that disqualification could be set aside on court rulings.
The seven-member larger bench hearing the case is being chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar.
As the hearing went under way on Wednesday, the chief justice inquired if lawyers of respondents, Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar, Senator Haroon Akhtar, Senator Nuzhat Sadiq, and Senator Sadia Abbasi, were present. The top judge was informed that Abbasi’s lawyer was not present.
He said the hearing would be commenced regardless, adding that the final verdict would be applicable on all members of the assembly.
Justice Azmat Saeed then commented, “The question is very clear. The lawmakers who have been named in this case only need to show documents that state they have surrendered their foreign passports.”
In response to Justice Saaed’s question, Chaudhry Sarwar’s lawyer Hamid Khan presented documents to prove that his client had given up his foreign citizenship.
However, the chief justice remarked that the documents were incomplete. ̶0;Submitting incomplete documents won’t serve your client well,” Justice Nisar said.
The court has issued a notice to Senator Abbasi and the Attorney General of Pakistan.
Published in Daily Times, October 4th 2018.
