The Election Commission in Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified 24 former members of the national and provincial assemblies so as not to submit their asset and responsibility declarations for the 2022-2023 financial year, Express News reported Wednesday.
According to an official statement released by ECP spokesman, the disqualified persons include 10 former members of the National Assembly, seven former members of the SINDH assembly and seven former members of the Balochistan assembly.
The disqualified legislators will remain unjustified to the competition member, in election and senate elections, until they submit the required form B describing their assets and obligations for the relevant financial year, it added.
From the now-solved National Assembly, the ECP Khurram Dastgir Khan, Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha and Muhammad Adil with Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Kamaluddin and Ismatullah. Other disqualified former MNAs include Samina Matloob, Naseeba, Shamim Ara Panhwar and Rubina Irfan.
In Sindh, former provincial lawmakers Adeel Ahmed and Hizbullah Bhugio have been disqualified with Arsalan Taj Hussain, Arif Mustafa Jatoi and Imran Ali Shah. Ali Ghulam and Tahira were also named among the disqualified.
From Balochistan, ECP disqualified former assembly members Mir Sikandar Ali, Mir Muhammad Akbar, Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, Abdul Rasheed, Abdul Waheed Siddiqui, Mir Jamal and Bibi Shaheena.
The ECP reiterated that the disqualifications remain in force until the persons concerned comply with the legal requirement to submit their annual statements.
