Double nationality: examination of subordinate judges requested by LHC

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has coordinated area and sessions judges of Punjab to outfit record of double nationality holder legal officers, assuming any, working under their space.

A mandate issued to the sessions judges trained them to present the required data inside three days for ahead transmission to the Supreme Court.

"In the event that, on investigation anybody is found to have double nationality the scholarly region and sessions judge and the said legal officer will confront the results involving disciplinary activity against them," it includes.

A three-judge seat of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar had on Jan 17 looked for a rundown of judges and government workers holding double nationalities. The main equity had taken suo motu amid hearing a request of against government workers from review 17 to 21 having double nationalities.

The seat had coordinated enlistment centers of all the high courts to present a rundown of double national prevalent and lower legal judges.

The constitution does not put any bar on judges to hold double nationality however there has been a request to likewise bring the judges under the limitation since the peak court precluded various parliamentarians for having double nationality.