Only 26 of 282 registered political parties submit asset details to ECP
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), Awami National Party (ANP), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Awami Muslim League (AML) and Awami Watan Party (AWP) were among the parties that submitted their details.
However, the ECP said it did not receive details from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) did not submit their asset details. The ECP said that election symbols will not be allotted to the parties that have not submitted their details.
On July 4, the ECP had asked all registered political parties to submit details of their accounts and assets for the last financial year by August 29.
Every year, the ECP seeks details from political parties about their annual income, source of funding and details of assets. The practice, started in 2002, has never been more than a formality as the ECP has never verified details submitted by political parties and there is no mechanism within the ECP to cross-check details.
Article 13 of the Political Parties Order, 2002, ascribes that every political party should submit their financial records to the election commission within 60 days of the close of each financial year.
Correction: An earlier version of the story mistakenly stated that MQM did not submit its asset details. The error is regretted.
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There is a huge difference between just submitting the details and submitting the correct details. This difference is the same as conducting Intra party elections, which ironically every Pakistani party claims to do and conducting genuine Intra party elections which PTI at least tried to do. There is no use in both these cases if it is not 'genuine' and ECP does not differentiate between genuine and fake.
The whole election was a farce. It seems government may have asked ECP to dig out issues and presented this news to defame current sit in protesters. However, this provides support to allegation that election was a farce. If the required details were not submitted then how come these parties were issues election symbols ??? Pakistan deserves free and fair elections so people can elect their leaders. We do not want tax money wasted on scripted elections where they proceed based on instructions from someone else ?
Till PTI and PAT file the asset statements before Election Commission according to law, the Government should not negotiate with them