Law: Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951

Section: 14(1),14(3)

Law: Pakistan Army Act, 1952

Section: 10

Law: Pakistan Air Force Act, 1953

Section: 12

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 244,260(1)

(a) Pakistan Citizenship Act (II of 1951)--- ----Ss. 14(1) & 14(3)---Dual citizenship not allowed---Exceptions---List of countries whose citizenship could be acquired without losing citizenship of Pakistan---Discretion of Federal Government to amend said list---Scope---Plain reading of S.14(1) of the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 ('the Act'), clearly showed that as a general rule, a Pakistani citizen who was also a citizen/national of any other country shall lose his citizenship of Pakistan unless he renounced his citizenship/ nationality of the other country---Government of Pakistan had specified certain other countries in terms of S.14(3) of the Act such that on acquisition of citizenship of said countries a citizen of Pakistan did not automatically lose his nationality of Pakistan as per S.14(1) of the Act---No guidelines existed in respect of the discretion available to the Federal Government under S.14(3) of the Act---Unqualified power vested with the Government in such regard was inconceivable in a democratic government working under the Constitution---Discretion ought to be guided and qualified in order to meet the requirements of sound administrative policy---Supreme Court directed that while all the orders passed and notifications issued till date [in terms of S.14(3) of the Act] were to be kept intact and considered valid, the Federal Government shall formulate the guidelines and parameters for the exercise ofpower under S.14(3) of the Act---Order accordingly. (b) Pakistan Citizenship Act (II of 1951)--- ----S. 14(3)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 260(1)---Pakistan Army Act (XXXIX of 1952), S. 10---Pakistan Air Force Act (VI of 1953), S.12---Pakistan Navy Ordinance (XXXV of 1961), S.10---Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974, R.19(1)---Sindh Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1974, R.13---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1989, R.11(1)---Balochistan Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 2009, R.9(4)---Dual nationals---Question as to whether dual nationals could be legally employed in service of Pakistan; employed as civil…

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