Islamabad: The Supreme Court has issued notices to Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and opposition leader PunjabAssambly Raja Riaz over dual nationality case. The formal hearing of the case will get started from 17th October in which SC will examine the statement of Raja Riaz alleging Shahbaz Sharif of having dual nationality.
According to the sources, senior PPP provincial leader Riaz accused CM Punjab of dual citizen few days back. SC takes notice of his statement and has now issued notices to both of them. The Apex Court has ordered both the parties to appear before the court on October 17, 2012.
Earlier, Supreme Court disqualified PML-N leader Malik Jamil in the same case, PML-Q’s Shehnaz Sheikh’s also lost her NA membership in this case.