Non-compliance: 212 lawmakers yet to prove they are not dual nationals

ECP had sent notices to all MNAs, MPAs to submit proof they are not dual nationals; disqualification on noncompliance.

ISLAMABAD: As many as 212 lawmakers, including Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and some leading politicians, have continued to defy the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by not submitting their declarations that they do not possess dual nationalities.

Around 29 Senators, 75 Members of the National Assembly, 76 Sindh Assembly, 24 Punjab Assembly, seven Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and one Balochistan Assembly members have not filed their affidavits.

On October 9, the ECP had sent notices to all the members of the national and provincial assemblies to submit within one month declarations which should be attested by the oath commissioners to affirm that they did not possess any other nationality other than Pakistani.

In its letter, the ECP had warned that those who failed to submit the required affidavits on oath within a month would be considered as dual nationals, and action could be initiated against them that could lead to their disqualification.

The Supreme Court in September had disqualified all federal and provincial lawmakers with dual nationalities from holding any public offices. Under the Constitution, a person who ceases to be a Pakistani national or gets any other nationality along with his Pakistani citizenship is not allowed to contest the elections for the parliament and the provincial assemblies.

The ECP had earlier made a futile attempt to get such affidavits through the speakers of the national and provincial assemblies and the chairman of the Senate, as most of them declined to do so, insisting that it was not their responsibility. They said the ECP should have scrutinised the matter when the candidates had filed their nominations for elections.

This led the commission to approach them individually to seek fresh oaths from them.

What is the next move?

A top official of the ECP told The Express Tribune that the commission has called a two-day meeting on November 12 and 13 to discuss the issue of lawmakers who have not filed their declarations and decide the course of action.

The provincial election commissioners have also been summoned to attend the meeting, the official said.

Another official said that it is likely that these members may be given one more opportunity before action is taken against them. “The commission can issue them show cause notices and fulfill all legal requirements before disqualifying these members,” the official said.

 

What happens if they are disqualified? 

The country can face another crisis if the commission disqualifies them in such large numbers.

Under Article 224 of the Constitution, by-elections can not be held if any seat becomes vacant less than 120 days before the completion of the respective assembly’s tenure. In the case of the current National assembly, its five year term expires on March 16, 2013. Hence no by-elections will be possible if members are disqualified after November 15.

Parliamentary cover

The government had earlier moved to amend the Constitutional provision that bars dual nationals from taking part in elections.

But it faced stiff resistance from the PML-N and ANP to pass it. It needs the support of two-thirds of the members of both the NA and Senate separately to get it passed, something which is a daunting task.

Among those who have not filed their affidavits are: Prime Minister Ashraf, Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo, PPP Secretary General, Senator Jahangir Badar, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, Federal Minister for Textile Industries, Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Minister of State for Interior, Imtiaz Safdar Warraich, MNA Nazar Muhammad Gondal, former PPP minister Abdul Qayyum Jatoi, Minister for Religious Affairs, Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Minister for National Heritage and Integration, Samina Khalid Ghurki and Defence Minister, Syed Naveed Qamar.

Among the MQM members who have not submitted there declarations are: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Dr Farooq Sattar, Deputy Parliamentary Leader, Haider Abbas Rizvi, Khushbakht Shujaat, Senator Babar Khan Ghauri, Senator Syed Mustafa Kamal and Deputy Convener, Nasreen Jalil.

Among the prominent members from the opposition who have not filed their affidavit is Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

The complete list is given below:

Senate

Muhammad Jahagir Bader	Punjab
Malik Sallah-ud-Din Gogar	Punjab
Aitzaz Ahsan	Punjab
Babar Khan Ghauri	Sindh
Abdul Hasseb Khan	Sindh
Syed Faisal Raza Abidi	Sindh
Syed Mustaf Kamal	Sindh
Col. R Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi	Sindh
Karim Ahmed Khawaja	Sindh
Mukhtar Ahemd Dhamrah R Aajiz	Sindh
Mian Raza Rabbani	Sindh
Dr MuhammadFarogh Naseem	Sindh
Nasreen jalil	Sindh
Waqar Ahmed Khan	KPK
Ahmed Hussain	KPK
Muhammad Azam Khan Hoti	KPK
Zanida Khan	KPK
Amar jeet	KPK
Moiana Muhammad Khan Sherani	Baluchistan
Nawabzada Mr. Haji Lashkari	Baluchistan
Nawabzada Muhammad Akbar Magsi	Baluchistan
Muhammad Ali	Baluchistan
Nawabzada Saifulllah Magsi	Baluchistan
Mufti Abdul Sattar	Baluchistan
Haji Khan Afrdi	FATA
Muhammad Idrees Khan Safi	FATA
Hilal-ur-Rehman	FATA

 

National Assembly

Sindh

Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah	NA-199 Sukkur cum Shikarpu (II) Old Sukkur (II)
Mir Amir Ali Khan Magsi	NA-206 Kamber Shahadkot (Old Larkana-III)
Syed Tayyab Hussain	NA-219- Hyderabad-I (Old Hyderabad-II)
Salahuddin	NA-220 Hyderabad-II (Old Hyderabad-III)
Syed Naveed Qamar	NA-222 Tando Muhammad Khan-cum-derabad-cum-Badin (Old Hyderabad-V)
Dr Abdul Wahid Soomro	NA-237 Thatta-I
Khawaja Sohail Mansoor	NA-240 Karachi-II
S A Iqbal qadri	NA-241 Karachi-III
Dr Abdul Qaidr Khanzada	NA-242 Karachi-IV
Abdul Waseem	NA-243 Karachi-V
Shaikh Salauddin	NA-244 Karachi-VI
Muhammad Farooq Sattar	NA-245 Karachi-VII
Sufyan Yousuf	NA-246 Karachi-VIII
Dr Nadeem Ehsan	NA-247 Karachi-IX
Dr Muhammad  Farooq Sattar	NA-249 Karachi-XI
Khush Bakhat Shujaat	NA-250 Karachi-XII
Waseem Akhtar	NA-251 Karachi-XIII
Abdul Rasheed Godil	NA-252 Karachi-XIV
Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi	NA-253 Karachi-XV
Dr Muhammad Ayoub Shaikh	NA-254 Karachi XVI
Syed Asif Hasnain	NA-255 Karachi-XVII
Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan	NA-256 Karachi-XVIII
Sajid Ahmed	NA-257 Karachi-XIX

 

Balochistan  

Syed Nasir Ali Shah Alias	NA-259 Quetta
Sardar Al-Haj Muhammad Umar Gorgage	NA-260 Quetta-cum-Changai-cum-Nushki (Old Quetta-cum-Changi-cum-Mustang)
Maulvi Asmatullah	NA-264 Zhob-cum-Sherani-cumKilla Saifullah (Old Zhob-cum-Killa Saifullah)

 

Punjab

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf	NA-51 Rawalpindi-II
Ch. Ghias Ahmed Mela	NA-65 Sargodha-II
Ghulam Bibi Bharwana	NA-87 Jhang-II
Saima Akhtar Bharwana	NA-90 Jhang-V
Farkhanda Amjad Warraich	NA-92 Toba Tek Singh-I
Riaz Fatiyana	NA-94 Toba Tek Singh-III
Imtiaz Safdar Warraich	NA-98 Gujranawala-IV
Ch. Tassadaq Masud Khan	NA-108 Mandi Gujranawala-VI
Muhammad Tariq Tarar	NA-108 Mandi Bahauddin-I
Nazar Muhammad Gondal	NA-109 Mandi Bahauddin-II
Rana Abdul Sattar	NA-112 Sialkot-III
Chaudry NAseer Ahmed Bhutta	NA-127 Lahore-X
Samina Khalid Ghurki	NA-130 Lahore-XIII
Mian Manzoor Ahmed Khan Wattoo	NA-146 Okara-IV
Muhammad Raza Hayat Hiraj	NA-156 Khanewal-I
Hamid Yar Hiraj	NA-157 Khanewal-II
Ghulam Farid Kathia	NA-161 Sahiwal-II
Muhammad Mohsin Ali Qureshi	NA-176 Muzaffargarh-I
Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi	NA-180 Muzaffargarh-V
Mst. Khadija Aamir Yar Malik	NA-184 Bahawalpur-II
Makhdoom Shahabuddin	NA-194 Rahimyar Khan-III

 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan	NA-2 Peshawar-II
Maulana Mohammad Qasim	NA-10 Mardan-II
Mufti Ajmal Khan	NA-15 Karak
Maulana Fazalur Rehman	NA-26 Bannu
Syed Allauddin	NA-30 Swat-II
Shahzada Muhyuddin	NA-32 Chitral
Malik Bilal Rehman	NA-36 Tribal Area-I
Mohammad Kamran Khan	NA-40 Tribal Area-V
Abdul Maalik Wazir	NA-41 Tribal Area-VI
Syed Akhunzada Chittan	NA-44 Tribal Area-IX
Zafar Beg Bhittani	NA-47 Tribal Area-XII

 

Women reserved seats

Sabeen Rizvi	Reserve Seat for Women
Mehreen Anwar Raja, Advocate	Reserve Seat for Women
Justice ® Fakhar-un-Nisa Khokhar	Reserve Seat for Women
Begum Nasim Akhtar Chaudhry	Reserve Seat for women
Begum Shahnaz Sheikh	Reserve Seat for women
Rubani Saadat Qaim Khani	Reserve seat for women
Shazia Mari	Reserve seat for women
Dr Naheed Shahid Ali	Reserve seat for women
Kishwer Zehra	Reserve seat for women
Fauzia Ejaz Mohammad Khan	Reserve seat for women
Imranan Saeed jamil	Reserve seat for women
Shagufta Sadiq	Reserve seat for women
K Fiza Junejo	Reserve seat for women
Khurshid Begum	Reserve seat for women
Asma Arbab Alamgir	Reserve seat for women

Non-Mulsims

Dr Araisha Kumar	Reserve Seat for non-Muslim
Manwer Lal	Reserve seat for non-Muslim

 

Provincial Assembly Sindh

Dr Nasrullah	PS-Sukkur-I
Jam Ikramullah Khan Darejo	PS-6 Ghotki-II
Masroor Ahmed Khan Jatoi	PS-23 Naushero Feroze-V
Tariq Masood Arain	PS-24 Nawabshah-I
Mr. Ahmed Ali Khan Jalbani	PS-25 Nawabshah-II
Syed Faseeh Ahmed	PS-26 Nawabshah-III
Pir Syed Muhammad Bachal Shah	PS-30 Khairpur-II
Naeem Ahmed Kharal	PS-34 Khairpur-VI
Ghulam Sarwat Khan Siyal	PS-35 Larkana-I
Aziz Ahmed Jatoi	PS-41 Larkana-cum-Kamber Shahdadkot(II) Old Larkana-VII
Muhammad Akram	PS-45 Hyderabad-I
Syed Wasim Hussain	PS-46 Hyderabad-II
Zubair Ahmed Khan	PS-48 Hyderabad-IV
Suhail Yousuf Khan	PS-49 Hyderabad-V
Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi	PS-51 Tando Allayar-cum Matiari(I) (Old Hyderabad-IX)
Mir Muhammad Hassan Khan Talpur	PS-55 Badin-cum-T.M.Khan(I) (Old Badin-I)
Arbab Ghulam Rahim	PS-60 Tharparkar-I
Syed Ali Mardan Shah	PS-70 Umerkot-II (Old Mirpurkhas-VII)
Dr Skindar Ali Shoro	PS-71 JAmshoro-II (Old Dadu-II)
Dr Daya Ram	PS-72 Jamshoro-II (Old Dadu-I)
Murad Ali Shah	PS-73 Jamshoro-cum-Dadu (Old Dadu-III)
Pir Mazharul Haq	PS-74 Dadu-I (Old Dadu-IV)
Qazi Shams Din	PS-80 Sanghar-cum-Mirpurkhas-I (Old Sanghar-III)
Shahid Thaheen	PS-83 Sanghar-VI
Sadiq Ali Memon	PS-84 Thatta-I
Shah Hussain Shah Sheerazi	PS-86 Thatta-III
Muhammad Hanif Sheikh	PS-91 Karachi-III
Abdul Haseeb	PS-92 Karachi-IV
Saifuddin Khalid	PS-94 Karachi-VI
Syed Manzar Imam	PS-95 Karachi-VII
Mazahir Ameer Khan	PS-96 Karachi-VIII
Muhammad Adil Khan	PS-97 Karachi-IX
Muahmmad Moin Khan	PS-98 Karachi-X
Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan	PS-99 Karachi-XI
Abdul Moid Siddiqui	PS-101 Karachi-XIII
Imamuddin Shahzad	PS-102 Karachi XIV
Dr Syed Muhammad Ali Shah	PS-103 Karachi-XV
Rehan Zafar	PS-104 Karachi-XVI
Khalid Bin Waliyat Advocate	PS-105 Karachi-XVII
Anwar Alam	PS-106 Karachi-XVIII
Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari Advocate	PS-107 Karachi-XIX
Muhammad Shoaib	PS-110 Karachi-XXII
Muhammad Tahir Qureshi	PS-111 Karachi-XXIII
Moqueem Alam	PS-112 Karachi-XXIV
Askari Taqvi	PS-113 Karachi-XXV
Muhammad Abdul Rauf Siddiqui	PS-114 Karachi-XXVI
Muhammad Raza Haroon	PS-115 Karachi- XXVII
Syed Sardar Ahmed	PS-116 Karachi-XXVIII
Dr Sagheer Ahmed	PS-117- Karachi-XXIX
Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi	PS-118 Karachi-XXX
Dr Nadeem Maqbool	PS-119 Karachi-XXXI
Nishat Muhammad Zia Qadri	PS-120 Karachi-XXXII
Waseem Ahmed	PS-121 Karachi-XXXIII
Syed Khalid Ahmed	PS-122 Karachi-XXXIV
Sheikh Muhammad Afzal Khalid Umer	PS-123 Karachi-XXXV
Muhammad Alimur  Rehman	PS-124 Karachi-XXXVI
Muhammad Moin Aamir Pirzada	PS-1258 Karachi-XXXVII
Syed Faisal Ali Sabzwari	PS-126 Karachi-XXXVIII
Nisar Ahmed Panhwar	PS-127 Karachi-XXXIX
Firdous Hameed Farheen Mughal	Reserve seat for women
Rukia Khanum Somroo	Reserve seat for women
Najma Saeed Chawla	Reserve seat for women
Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto	Reserve seat for women
Bilqees Mukhtar	Reserve seat for women
Rifat Khan	Reserve seat for women
Mst. Heer Soho	Reserve seat for women
Zareen Majeed	Reserve seat for women
Husna Aftab	Reserve seat for women
Mussarat Bano Warsi	Reserve seat for women
Naheed Begum	Reserve seat for women
Sabra Khatoon	Reserve seat for women
Shahnaz	Reserve seat for women
Mohan Mal	Reserve seat for non-Muslim
Hargun Das Ahoja	Reserve seat for non-Muslim
Rasheed Khan	Reserve seat for non-Muslim
Arif Massih	Reserve seat for non-Muslim

 

Provincial Assembly Punjab

Lt. Col ® Muhammad Shabbir Awan	PP-2 Rawalpindi-II
Raja Tariq Kiani	PP-3  Rawalpindi-III
Raja Riaz Ahmed	PP-65 Faisalabad-XV
Muhammad Arqam Khan	PP-98 Gujranwala-VIII
Zulfiqar Ali Bhindar	PP-100 Gujranwala-X
Ch. Abdullah Yousuaf	PP-109 Gujrat-II
Major ® Zulfiqar Ali Gondal	PP-118 Mandi Bahuddin-III
Muhammad Rizwan	PP-128 Sialkot-VIII
Jamil Ashraf	PP-129 Sialkot-IX
Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai	PP-183 Kasur-IX
Robina Shaheen Wattoo	PP-188 Okara-IV
Malik Muhammad Aamir Dogar	PP-198 Multan-V
Syed Nazim Hussain Shah	PP-199 Multan-VI
Ahmed Hussain Deharr	PP-200 Multan-VII
Syed Ahmed Mujtaba Gilani	PP-206 Multan-XIII
Muhammad Yar Hiraj	PP-215 Khanewal-IV
Shahzad Saeed Cheema	PP-224 Sahiwal-V
Shaharyar Ali Khan	PP-234 Vehari-III
Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Khan Leghari	PP-246 Dera Ghazi Khan-VII
Shehzad Rasool Khan	PP-260 Muzaffarghar-X
Mian Muhammad Aslam Adovcate	PP-289 Rahimyar Khan-V
Rehana Ijaz	Reserve seat for women
Nesim Nasir Khawaja	Reserve seat for women
Shabina Riaz	Reserve seat for women

 

Provincial Assembly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Aurangzeb Khan	PK-1 Peshawar-I
Muhammad Alamgir Khalil	PK-6 Peshawar-VI
Fazal Shakoor Khan	PK-17 Charsadda-I
Engineer Javaid Iqbal Tarkai	PK-32 Swabi-II
Qazi Muhammad Asad Khan	PK-50 Haripur-II
Ghulam Qadir Betani	PK-69 DI Khan-VI
Muhammad Zahir Shah Khan	PK-87 Shangla-I

 

Provincial Assembly Balochistan

Jaffar George

Reserve seat for non-Muslim