Petitioner says that after retirement, dual nationality holding bureaucrats, army men settle abroad. PHOTO: FILE
Citizen Khalid Mahmood filed the petition and submitted that both bureaucrats and military men during their service tenures dealt with highly sensitive issues and possessed secret information.
He argued after their retirement the dual national service men settled abroad, therefore, they were in a position to disclose sensitive information of Pakistan to the other countries.
The petitioner sought a ban on bureaucrats and army men carrying dual nationality and prayed to stop such officers immediately from functioning.
The court will resume hearing on March 20.
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Now they are steping to make Pakistan safe and sound. well, its never too late for any good work... Worth it ..
There is an issue of "classification" of information versus "disclosure" of information.
I do believe this should be left up to the military. Military should make sure that any person with access to confidential information that would compromise national security should have the relevant and appropriate background clearance to afford such access. While "dual citizenship" could be one criterion of ineligibility, but it cannot be the only criterion. We have proven cases were native-born military officers have leaked highly classified and sensitive information to foreign enemies. So "citizenship" alone is no test of loyalty or prevention of disclosure. That is completely different issue.
While "dual citizenship" by virtue of the oath complicates the loyalty of a person, therefore reason enough to make someone ineligible for serving in the highly classified areas of the military, for example the intelligence or where they would have access to highly classified information.
However, if foreign-born children of Pakistani origin want to return and volunteer to serve in the military in the service of their nation, and for example, are willing to serve (and even die) in places like Siachen, FATA, etc., then who can question their loyalty and patriotism to the state and nation of Pakistan?
Not just the paid govt civil and military officials but their spouses and dependent kids be barred from dual nationality. Not just after retirement they disclose state secret during the active duty to their foreign spouses which can be dangerous. In addition, the cleverest officials do not obtain foreign nationality but have their families become foreign citizens so they can milk the country as long as they could while still be able to run away at will. This is similar to not buying any property on their own name but on the names of family members to hide their assets and deceive the govt and public.
Yes that is the way it should as he prayed to the court in his petition.