ISLAMABAD: A day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) admitted for hearing a plea seeking disqualification of Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda for allegedly concealing his US nationality when filing his nomination papers during the 2018 general elections, the court on Wednesday directed Vawda to submit his response. “The minister was a dual national when he submitted his nomination papers. According to the Supreme Court’s decision, Vawda was supposed to relinquish his US nationality before filing the nomination papers,” the lawyer said. After hearing the arguments, the court directed Vawda to submit a reply by Feb 24. According to the petition, Vawda contested the elections from NA-249 (West-II) Karachi in July 2018 on a ticket of the Pakistan Teh­reek-i-Insaf (PTI).

Source: Pakistan Today January 29, 2020 06:00 UTC