ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has once again sought details from all the department heads to submit the details of the officers of BS-17 and above who have dual nationality to submit to the Establishment Division.
Previously, the administration department of the FBR issued a letter on the same subject and asked the departments concerned to submit details of officers with dual nationality and the last date was February 1 but there was not much information received within that date. Therefore, it issued similar instruction and asked the departments to submit such details by February 6.
The FBR is doing this exercise following the directives of Supreme Court Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, who had taken notice of dual citizenship of civil servants and judges of superior and district courts. The chief justice took the notice last week during the hearing of a service matter case in the court.
He directed the Establishment Division secretary to submit a detailed report containing the names of dual national civil servants from BS-17 to BS-22 within 15 days. The chief justice also directed the Registrar of Supreme Court, Federal Shariat Court and all high courts to submit a list of dual national judges (if any) within 15 days.
It may be mentioned that the Senate in 2015 had approved an amendment envisaging a ban on holding dual nationality by judges, armed forces personnel and government officials but so far it has not been implemented in letter and spirit and the chief justice has to take action on this issue to ensure implementation on this important issue.
