ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The Supreme Court on Monday accepted a petition seeking the disqualification of Zulfi Bukhari, the prime minister’s special assistant on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development.

While fixing the hearing for November 16, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar asked what portfolio Bukhari holds.

Upon being told that he is Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special assistant, the chief justice asked Bukhari’s lawyer: “Tell me if an ordinary citizen can become a minister despite possessing dual nationality?”

PM Khan, who was made a party in the petition, has also been sent a notice in the case.