ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court has ruled that the affidavit submittedby Federal minister Faisal Vawda regarding his dual nationality was ‘false’.
Justice Aamer Farooq of IHC issued detailed verdict in disqualificationcase of the PTI leader.
The order said: “Since the affidavits were tendered before the ElectionCommission of Pakistan it is just and proper that the Election Commissionof Pakistan probes into the matter of veracity of affidavit furnished byFaisal Vawda on 11.06.2018 and if same is found to be false to stipulatethe effect thereof pursuant to observations made in PLD 2020 SC 591.”
The order further mentioned that since the lawmaker has resigned as Memberof National Assembly, no writ or quo-warranto can be issued with respect toholding dual nationality.
However, the matter of submitting a false affidavit would be looked intoand the ECP would also probe into the matter because it was the samesubmitted to them.
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Faisal Vawda had won the 2018 general election from Karachi’s NA-249constituency. The minister remained an American national even when thescrutiny of his nomination papers was completed.
The top court had in the past had categorically ruled that the candidateswho hold dual national were supposed to submit a renunciation certificateof the foreign nationality along with their nomination papers.
