ISLAMABAD – The defence secretary has informed the Supreme Court thatthere are no dual nationals in the Pakistan Army as according to the rules,anyone holding a dual nationality cannot be recruited in the armed forces.

The secretary, however, admitted that spouses of some army officials aredual nationals and permission was sought from the competent authoritybefore their marriage.

The bench further asked the secretary whether any disciplinary action hadbeen taken against those military officers who got married withoutpermission and sought data in this regard.

Justice Nisar also directed the defence secretary to conduct an exercisewithin armed forces to identify those who are secretly holding dualnationalities.

The CJP expressed that if the same exercise was carried out in civildepartments then it should even imply to the armed forces.