ISLAMABAD – Following the Supreme Court’s decision pertaining to dualnationalities of civil servants, hundreds of dual national civil servantsappointed in various federal and provincial government ministries,statutory bodies, institutes, companies, semi-autonomous corporations, andauthorities are likely to be removed from their jobs.
Sources further said that hundreds of civil servants who are working indifferent ministries (federal and provincial) and other bodies includingPSO, OGDCL, PPL, SNGPL, SSGCL and others, either have foreign nationalityor permanent residence. They said that after the decision of the apexcourt, they will have to decide their fate.
Sources further informed that Oil and Gas Development Company Limited(OGDCL) Managing Director (MD) Zahid Meer is also a dual national. And, hehas to decide soon either to carry on with OGDCL or surrender the foreignnationality. They said hopefully OGDCL MD will surrender foreignnationality as he has lobbied to become a permanent MD OGDCL.
It is also learnt from sources that General Manager (Marketing) ShehryarOmar, and Senior GM (Project) Babar Siddiqui of Pakistan State Oil (PSO)are Canadian nationals and they have so far not conveyed their decision tothe body.
The federal government is expected to issue a letter today (Tuesday) tovarious government departments, organisations, companies, semi-autonomous,and corporations, asking the dual national government servants to eitherleave their job or surrender the foreign nationality. The government’sletter will also give a deadline to the dual national public servants tomake the call, inside sources disclosed.
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The government should not only remove these dual national public servantsbut also initiate probe to examine their actions and orders to check howthey might have facilitated foreign companies and businesses in thecountry, sources suggested, and added that most of the dual national civilservants have been occupying lucrative slots in various federal andprovincial bodies and now with the effect of the SC decision they will haveto choose between the two.
It is pertinent to mention that the top court order asked the governmentnot to appoint dual nationals on top posts and to draft laws in this regardafter approval from the cabinet.
