The Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) has disqualified 24 former members of the National and Provincial Assemblies for not submitting their statements of assets and responsibilities for fiscal year 2022-2023, Express News reported Wednesday.
According to an official statement published by the ECP spokesman, disqualified people include 10 former members of the National Assembly, seven former members of the Sindh Assembly and seven former members of the Baluchistan Assembly.
The disqualified legislators will remain ineligible to dispute, the general elections, and the Senate elections until they present form B required that details their assets and liabilities for the corresponding fiscal year, he added.
From the National Assembly now dissolved, the ECP disqualified Khurram Dastgir Khan, Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha and Muhammad Adil, along with Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Kamaluddin and Ismatullah. Other ancient disqualified MNAs include Samina Matloob, Naseba, Shamim Ara Panhwar and Rubina Irfan.
In Sindh, former Provincial Legislators ADEEL AHmed and Hizbullah Bhugio have been disqualified, along with Arsalan Taj Hussain, Arif Mustafa Jatoi and Imran Ali Shah. Ali Ghulam and Tahira were also named among the disqualified.
From Baluchistan, the ECP disqualified the former members of the Mir Sikandar Ali Assembly, Mir Muhammad Akbar, Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, Abdul Rasheed, Abdul Waheed Siddiqui, Mir Jamal and Bibi Shaheena.
The ECP reiterated that disqualifications will remain in force until the persons in question meet the legal requirement of submitting their annual statements.
