KARACHI: Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, the head of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), denied media claims about his dual nationality on Monday, claiming that he abandoned his Canadian citizenship long before the elections.
Baig described Khurram Sher Zaman, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) affiliated independent candidate for NA-241, as misleading in his claim of dual nationality.
In a tweet, Zaman stated that Baig was permitted by the Election Appellate Tribunal to run as a candidate in the NA-241 constituency despite being a dual citizen of Canada and Pakistan.
“But the time is now to provide documentary proof of renunciation of Canadian citizenship or be disqualified under the constitution’s Article 63(1),” he went on to say.
