ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The federal government has unveiled new rules requiring all government officials to disclose any foreign citizenship or related status held by themselves or their dependents.
The move aims to eliminate secrecy surrounding dual nationality and foreign travel documents within the civil service.
The Establishment Division has issued mandatory declaration forms under the Civil Servants (Disclosure and Processing of Foreign Citizenship) Rules, 2026.
Under the new framework, every civil servant must submit a sworn declaration providing complete details of their own and their dependents’ foreign citizenship and related documents.
Disclose foreign passports, residency
The mandatory declaration requires government officials to provide information about foreign citizenship, foreign passports, residence permits, permanent residence cards besides any foreign travel document that could lead to foreign citizenship.
The new framework makes it mandatory for government employee to disclose such details about himself and all dependents.
The rules say that civil servants will be required to submit declarations on three separate occasions.
The first declaration must be submitted at the time of joining government service.
The second declaration will be required annually, ensuring that employees regularly update their foreign citizenship status.
A third declaration must be submitted whenever there is any change in the foreign citizenship or related immigration status of the employee or any dependent.
The rules require civil servants to notify the government within 90 days if there is any change in foreign citizenship, residency status or related travel documents.
Marriage to foreign national
The declaration forms issued by the Establishment Division also make it mandatory for the officials to disclose if they or their dependents marry a foreign national.
In such cases, employees must provide complete details of the marriage, while any required prior government permission must also be disclosed.
The federal government has warned that concealing information at the time of appointment could have serious consequences that may also lead to employment declared null and void.
