Kaira defends dual nationality bill
Defending the dual nationality bill, Information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Sunday that the bill was tabled for all those Pakistanis who live away from Pakistan but whose hearts beat for their country.
The proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing Pakistanis having dual nationality to hold public office was not meant to benefit any individual, he said.
Talking to media at the Lalamusa Press Club he said that parliament had the authority to amend the Constitution.
Regarding tensions with the US, he said that Washington has conveyed that it would not interfere in the internal affairs of Pakistan. Kaira said: “Pakistan has been in dialogue with the US and Nato and we have made it clear that we are the solution and not the cause of problems.”
He said peace could not be established in the world without establishing peace in Afghanistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 9th, 2012.
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