Pakistan has officially established new dual citizenship agreements with 22 countries under the Pakistan Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2024, a report published in the Gulf News stated.
As per the report, this landmark decision will allow overseas Pakistanis to maintain their Pakistani nationality even after obtaining citizenship in these designated nations.
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior has approved this significant bill, which aims to resolve the long-standing challenges faced by Pakistanis residing abroad who were previously required to renounce their Pakistani citizenship when acquiring citizenship in countries without such dual nationality arrangements.
Countries included under the new law are:
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Canada
- Australia
- France
- Italy
- Belgium
- Iceland
- New Zealand
- Finland
- Egypt
- Jordan
- Syria
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Ireland
- Bahrain
- Denmark
- Germany
- Norway
- Luxembourg
Earlier there were reports that many Pakistani officers working in different departments including the State Bank of Pakistan and other sensitive departments have dual nationality which is against the constitution. However, it is unclear whether the new dual citizenship agreements would provide any relief to them are not.
