ECP restores membership of 23 lawmakers

ISLAMABAD:

The ECP has reinstated the membership of 23 more legislators from the Senate, National Assembly and provincial assemblies following the submission of their annual statements of assets and liabilities for the financial year 2024-25.

The restored lawmakers include two senators, 11 members of the National Assembly, three members each from the Punjab, Sindh and Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, and one member from the Balochistan Assembly.

The parliamentarians had been suspended on January 16 for failing to meet the mandatory disclosure deadline of December 31, as stipulated under Section 137 of the Elections Act, 2017.