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Govt directs ministries to compile civil servants' foreign nationality declarations

The federal government has directed all ministries and divisions to submit consolidated details of civil servants’ declarations regarding foreign nationality, travel documents and dependants’ nationality status, according to an official notification issued by the Establishment Division dated October 21. The notification referred to the Civil Servants (Disclosure and Regulation of Foreign Nationality) Rules, 2026, under which all civil servants were required to submit declarations regarding their own and their dependants’ nationality status within 90 days of the rules’ publication in the official gazette. Under Rule 3(3), civil servants must declare whether they hold the nationality of any foreign country, possess foreign travel documents or are married to a foreign national. They must also disclose the relevant nationality and travel-document status of their dependants. The Establishment Division said failure to submit the required declaration or providing false information would constitute misconduct under the Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 2020, in accordance with Rule 3(4) of the 2026 rules. The notification directed all ministries and divisions to provide the information in a consolidated format for officers under their administrative control, excluding those belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS), Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), Secretariat Group (SG) and Office Management Group (OMG). The prescribed format requires the name, designation and basic pay scale of each officer, confirmation of whether a declaration has been submitted under Rule 3(3), and details of the foreign nationality or travel-document status of both the officer and their dependants. Earlier this month, the government decided to enforce the Foreign Citizenship Rules 2026, directing civil servants to submit declarations detailing any foreign citizenship held by themselves or their dependants within one week. The Establishment Division, through an office memorandum, directed civil servants to provide details of foreign citizenship, foreign travel documents and marriages to foreign nationals. The directive applies to officers holding dual nationality and requires them to furnish the relevant information within the stipulated one-week deadline.

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