The Election Commission of Pakistan building in Islamabad. Photo: Radio Pakistan
ISLAMABAD:
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday flagged widespread non-compliance with asset disclosure requirements, saying 446 lawmakers, including 125 members of the National Assembly, failed to submit their statements of assets and liabilities by the December 31 deadline.
The ECP notified lawmakers who had missed the initial cut-off and asked them to comply by January 15, warning that failure to do so would result in suspension.
“As many as 446 legislators failed to submit their statements of assets and liabilities” to the ECP by the due date.
The non-compliant legislators include 125 members of the National Assembly, 26 senators, 159 members of the Punjab Assembly, 62 members of the Sindh Assembly, 48 members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and 26 members of the Balochistan Assembly.
The commission said members of parliament and provincial assemblies were required to submit a copy of their statements of assets and liabilities, including those of their dependents, by December 31 each year.
It noted that submission of asset statements is a mandatory requirement under Section 137 of the Elections Act, 2017.
