Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified 11 parliamentarians, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik, for holding dual nationality.The 11 disqualified lawmakers include Zahid Iqbal, Rehman Malik, Farahnaz Ispahani, Muhammad Ikhlaq, Ashraf Chauhan, Nadia Gabol, Amina Buttar, Zaheer Awan, Waseem Qadir, Farhat Muhammad Khan and Ahmed Ali Shah.
A three-judge bench led by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry which had reserved its ruling in the case relating to legislators holding dual nationality. Four among the disqualified legislators were from the National Assembly, five from the Punjab Assembly and two from the Sindh Assembly. The bench further directed that the verdict be sent to the speakers of the concerned assemblies and the Senate’s chairman.