According to information provided, Pervaiz Akhtar, a citizen, filed a case in the Sindh High Court claiming that Mirza Ikhtiar Baig is a citizen of Canada. His request to renounce his Canadian citizenship is currently pending.
Since it is against the law for a dual national to hold a NA seat, the complaint pleaded with the court to suspend his membership in the NA.
The PPP candidate’s attorney was instructed to appear at the next hearing on May 16 by the court, which also requested a response from Baig and the provincial and federal governments.
See also: Khurram Sher Zaman forfeits NA-241 seat in Karachi
It is important to note that in the general election of 2024, Khurram Sher Zaman, an independent candidate supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), lost the seat representing Karachi’s National Assembly constituency (NA-241).
Results for NA-241 in Karachi show that Mirza Ikhtiar Baig of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) won with 52,456 votes, 3,846 more than the next closest independent candidate, Khurram Sher Zaman, who was endorsed by the PTI and received 48,610 votes. Farooq Sattar of the MQM-P, however, only received 494 votes.
