Re: Benefits of NICOP
^ Not really true, as far as I know. Even for naturalized citizens, the same rights exist. I personally know one person from Karachi who came to US for studies, stayed on and became a naturalized US citizen. Moved back to Pakistan and now lives permanently in Karachi. Got arreseted for some panga with the government (at the height of MQM-PPP tussle in mid-90's) and was put in military jail. His family notified the US Consulate in Karachi, and those guys were all over the case. US Consular approached the Corps Commandar Karachi, arranged for lawyer and finally got the dude out in 2 weeks - all charges were dropped. All this for a bonafide brownie who lived and got arrested in the place of his birth. It became such a hot potato for the government, that the military lawyer told his family, "we wouldn't have arrested him if we had known he is a US citizen".
ps. I am told that if you keep dual citizenship, then you lose all such consular benefits. So think carefully before applying for the Pakistani passport (as the so-called back up) or getting a NICOP (bcz thats an evidence that you are a Pakistani citizen). You may think that no one will know, and truly no one will know in the normal course of life ... unless a major problem occurs and then you can bet that everyone will find out; and you will be on your own.