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Mehreen Faruqi says Australian politicians shouldn’t have to give up citizenship in other countries
Section 44 of Australia's constitution means dual citizens can't run for federal parliament.
Here, two Senators affected by the law share their stories.
- Krishani Dhanji
- SBS
Mehreen Faruqi gave up her Pakistani citizenship to stand for parliament and says it’s something no one else should have to go through.
“I filled out the form, I signed it, and I put it in my drawer. It was that hard for me to actually submit that form, ” she told the SBS Our House podcast.
The Deputy Greens leader arrived in Australia from Pakistan in 1992 with her husband and son.
She worked as a civil engineer and university lecturer in Sydney before joining the Greens in NSW Parliament a …