SC orders Qadri to submit details of Canadian nationality

krash · February 12, 2013, 3:28pm

Re: SC orders Qadri to submit details of Canadian nationality

Article 62 of the constitution (regarding ineligibility of Parliamentarians):
62. Qualifications for membership of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament).—(l) A person shall not be qualified to be elected or chosen as a member of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) unless*—
(a) he is a citizen of Pakistan;
(b) he is, in the case of the National Assembly, not less than twenty- five years of age and is enrolled as a voter in any -electoral roll in*—
(i) any part of Pakistan, for election to a general seat or a seat reserved for a non-Muslims; and
(ii) any area in a Province from which she seeks membership for election to a seat reserved for women.
(c) he is, in the case of the Senate, not less than thirty years of age and is enrolled as a voter in any area in a Province or, as the case may be, the Federal Capital or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, from where he seeks membership;
(d) he is of good character and is not commonly known as one who violates Islamic Injunctions;
(e) he has adequate knowledge of Islamic teachings and practices obligatory duties prescribed by Islam as well as well abstains from major sins;
(f) he is sagacious, righteous, non-profligate, honest and ameen, there being no declaration to the contrary by a court of law; and
(g) he has not, after the establishment of Pakistan, worked against the integrity of the country or opposed the ideology of Pakistan:

(2) The disqualifications specified in paragraphs (d) and (e) shall not apply to a person who is a non-Muslim, but such a person shall have good moral reputation.

You forgot to add Article 63,

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63.
Disqualifications for membership of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament):
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A person shall be disqualified from being elected or chosen as, and from being, a member of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), if:- [TABLE]
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he is of unsound mind and has been so declared by a competent court; or

(b)
he is an undischarged insolvent; or

(c)
he ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan, or acquires the citizenship of a foreign State; or

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           (d) ................