SHC adjourns Faisal Vawda dual nationality case for indefinite perio.

KARACHI -- The Sindh High Court was informed on Thursday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hear the dual nationality case of federal minister Faisal Vawda on March 10, media reported.

An ECP official appeared before the high court bench during hearing of a petition against dual citizenship of the Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda.

The official informed the bench that the ECP will hear the case on March 10.

The court said that it will hear the matter after hearing in the election commission and adjourned case proceedings for unspecified period.

Sindh High Court hearing a petition seeking disqualification of Faisal Vawda over allegedly concealing his dual nationality before the election.

Advocate Qadir Khan Mandokhel in his petition said that the minister concealed his dual citizenship at the time of filing nomination papers from the election commission before the general election of 2018.

Earlier, a petition was also filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking disqualification of Faisal Vawda over his dual nationality.

The ECP had asked Faisal Vawda through his counsel in a recent hearing to clarify allegations against him and...

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