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The ECP had earlier issued circulars to the lawmakers under Sub-Section 42A of the Representation of People Act (RoPA) to submit their financial details by September 30 or face the music.
Presently, there are a total of 1,174 parliamentarians.
According to details, seven out of 104 senators, 71 of 342 MNAs, 84 of 371 MPAs from Punjab, 50 of 168 MPAs from Sindh, 38 of 124 MPAs from K-P and 11 of 65 MPAs from Balochistan failed to submit their financial details.
Three seats are vacant in the Senate, three in the National Assembly and two in the Punjab Assembly.
Of the total 1,174 parliamentarians, 905 or 77.09% have submitted their yearly statements. They included 94 senators, 268 MNAs, 285 MPAs from Punjab, 118 from Sindh, 86 from K-P and 54 from Balochistan.
An ECP notification named those members of the National Assembly, the Senate and the provincial “who have failed to file statements of assets and liabilities of themselves, their spouses and their dependents”.
The notification said the lawmakers “shall cease to function as such members with immediate effect and till such statements are submitted by them”.
Under RoPA, all parliamentarians are required to submit details of their assets, including those of their spouses and children, to the ECP by September 30.
Section 42A of the RoPA, 1976, states: “Every member shall, on a form prescribed under Clause (f) of Sub-Section (2) of Section 12, submit statements of assets and liabilities of his own, his spouse and dependents annually to the commission by the thirtieth day of September each year.”
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Capt (retd) Safdar, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s estranged MNA Ayesha Gulalai, Interior Minister for State Talal Chaudhry, Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Yousaf and former National Assembly speaker Fehmida Mirza are among the suspended lawmakers.
Moshin Shah Nawaz Ranjha, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah, Shehryar Afridi, Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon, Shah Je Gul Afridi and Peer Syed Muhammad Saqlain Shah are also among the MNAs who failed to submit financial details.
Senators, including Muhammad Ali Khan Saif, Muhammad Farogh Naseem and Atta-ur-Rehman, are among others whose memberships were suspended by the ECP.
In Punjab, Mian Jahangir Wattoo, Muhmmad Akbar Hayat Harraj and Sardar Jamal Khan Leghari are among the suspended MPAs.
Sindh MPAs whose memberships have been suspended include Ali Nawaz Khan Mahar, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Makhdoom Khalil-u-Zaman, Muhammad Rauf Siddiqi and Syed Faisal Sabzwari.
Shaukat Ali Yousaf Zai, Qurban Ali Khan and Sultan Muhammad Khan are also among those from K-P whose memberships have been suspended.
Balochistan MPAs, including Mir Zafarullah Khan Zehri, Mir Akber Askaani and Husan Bano are among those whose memberships have been suspended.
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