The government has given civil servants who have not yet declared foreign or dual nationality of their own or their dependants one week to do so, or they will face disciplinary proceedings.
The Establishment Division issued the directive on Friday through an office memorandum sent to all ministries and divisions, provincial chief secretaries and police chiefs. It said a number of officers from the Pakistan Administrative Service, Police Service of Pakistan, Secretariat Group and Office Management Group had not submitted their declarations.
The competent authority has directed that those who fail to do so within a week will face proceedings under the Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 2020.
The Civil Servants (Disclosure and Prohibition of Foreign and Dual Nationality) Rules, 2026, were notified in June. Rule 3(3) required all civil servants to declare nationality status of their own and their dependants within 90 days of publication in the official gazette on June 1.
The deadline expired on Sept 1. The division had also issued a reminder to departments on July 17. The declaration must cover foreign travel documents and any marriage to a foreign national.
Under Rule 3(4), failure to submit the declaration, or submission of a false one, constitutes misconduct under the 2020 efficiency and discipline rules.
Civil servants must also declare at the time of appointment whether they or any dependant is a foreign national or holds a foreign travel document. Rule 3 states that failure to do so, or a false declaration, renders the appointment void ab initio and liable to termination at any time.
An annual declaration to cadre administrators is also mandatory. It must state the foreign nationality status of the officer and dependants, and whether they have obtained, or are in the process of obtaining, foreign nationality or a foreign travel document without prior sanction. Any marriage involving the officer or a dependant with a foreign national must be updated.
The rules prohibit civil servants and their dependants from seeking or applying for foreign nationality or a foreign travel document without prior approval of the appointing authority.
Under Rule 4, no approval can be granted for a country where the civil servant is serving, or has served, on an accredited diplomatic posting. If an officer or dependant already holds nationality or travel documents of such a country, they must be revoked, withdrawn, cancelled or renounced.
Rule 6 states that civil servants who have married, or intend to marry, a foreign national will continue to be governed by the Government Servants (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Rules, 1962.
