By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) Wednesday restored the membership of 36 parliamentarians, after they submitted details of their assets and liabilities.
The restored members include 8 senators and 25 members of the National Assembly (MNA) and three legislatures from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assembly. On January 16, the ECP had suspended memberships of at least 271 parliamentarians, who failed to submit detail of assets owned by them and their families.
The lawmakers whose membership was restored included Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha and Ahsan Iqbal (PML-N), Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema (PML-Q), Mir Munawar Ali Talpur, Naveed Qamar (PPP), Aysha Rajab Ali, Kesoo Mal Kheeal Das.
It is pertinent to note that the ECP had sought details of assets held by all parliamentarians under Section 42-A of the Representation of the People’s Act, 1976, and Section 25A of the Senate (Elections) Act, 1975.
Grace period of 15 days by ECP
Under the law, all the 1,190 lawmakers were due to submit details of their assets by December 31, 2022. But once the deadline ended, the ECP gave lawmakers a grace period of 15 days to submit details of assets by January 15.
However, 271 lawmakers failed to submit details of their assets in time and were subsequently suspended.
