ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended the membership of 143 members of the parliament including Farrukh Habib, Hammad Azhar and Shafqat Mahmood for not declaring assets details.
The memberships have been revoked for not submitting statements of assets and liabilities. The suspended members include Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Farrukh Habib, Hammad Azhar, Shafqat Mahmood, Fehmida Mirza, Amir Liaquat, Raja Riaz, Sadaqat Abbasi, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Senator Musaddiq Malik, Senator Sikandar Mandhro, Makhdoom Sami Ul Hassan, Syed Mubeen Ahmed and Javaid Iqbal.
The membership of 36 members of the National Assembly (NA), three members of the Senate and 69 members of the Punjab Assembly has been suspended. Former Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari is also among in the suspended members, whereas, the membership of 14 members of Sindh Assembly, 21 members of KPK Assembly and 7 members of Balochistan Assembly has also been suspended. Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind is also a part of the list.
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According to ECP, the suspended members will not be able to attend the sessions in assembly and senate. They will not participate in any kind of legislation.
The Election Commission referred to Section 137(1) of the Elections Act, 2017, which requires the lawmakers to submit statements of their assets and liabilities, as well as those of their spouses and dependent children, by Dec 31 every year.
