Lahore March 10 (TNS): The Supreme Court on Saturday directed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and senator-elect Chaudhry Sarwar to submit a written affidavit in the court that he has relinquished his British citizenship.
The directives from the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar came after Sarwar’s counsel said that his client renounced his nationality in 2013 but it could be revived under the British law.
The bench was hearing the dual nationality case of the senators-elect whose notifications have been halted by the Supreme Court.
When the chief justice asked the senator-elect that it appeared he had given up his British national to become a governor and enjoying perks and privileges and later return to Britain after restoring his nationality.
The Chief Justice queried whether he gave up his British nationality for good, or temporarily, to which Sarwar’s counsel said that under British law, nationality can be restored.
Later, the bench asked Ch Sarwar to give an undertaking mentioning that he will never restore his British nationality; otherwise, it would lead to his disqualification.
Meanwhile, hearing another case related to treatment of wastewater and other issues of public importance, the chief justice said that poisonous water mixed with sewage and chemicals was being supplied in various areas of Lahore.
The chief justice also said that he would continue to visit hospitals to see the plight of patients, who were not being heeded to by the authorities.
