SAYED ANWAR HASANAT versus RETURNING OFFICER PP-27, JHELUM (IV)
Section 12 and 14 (2) of the Constitution of Pakistan, Arts 63 (1) (C) and 113 nomination papers were rejected by the applicant nomination papers for the dual citizenship provincial assembly on the basis that the nomination papers were submitted. At the time, the appellant was a citizen of the USA. Appellant's position was that he had terminated his US citizenship before submitting his nomination papers and had submitted a letter to the US Consulate as proof of this, which was not accepted by the appellant. Could have been done. Because the appellant had just moved an application to renounce or surrender his foreign citizenship, and the US authorities had not yet passed a decree on the applicant's request and the appellant subsequently appealed to the US Consulate Failed to respond to a response from the provider. At the time of submitting your nomination papers and examining the aforementioned documents, the citizenship of the other country is still kept, e-disputed order and appellant's candidacy were affected by Article 113 read through Article 63 (1) (C) was read with, under the circumstances in r \ n
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