ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday restored the membership of 24 more lawmakers after submission of assets’ details, ARY News reported.
According to the ECP, the membership of 4 lawmakers of the National Assembly, 9 of Punjab Assembly and 5 of Sindh Assembly have been restored.
The ECP has also reinstated membership of five lawmakers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and a single member from Balochistan Assembly
Meanwhile, Assembly membership of as many as 230 lawmakers still remains suspended over failure to submit assets’ details, said Pakistan’s supreme electoral body.
The ECP on, January 20,
had restored assembly membership of 64 lawmakers.Last week, various lawmakers had faced suspension of their membership by ECP over failture to submit assets’ details. The members were, Farrukh Habib, Birjees Tahir, Zartaj Gul, Fawad Chaudhry, Amir Liaquat, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Noorul Haq Qadri, Amir Kayani, Farogh Naseem, Pir Sabir Shah, Muhammad Ayub, Hasil Bizenjo, Taj Afridi and others.
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In Senate, 92 out of 104 legislators in the Upper House submitted the details, whereas, 255 out of 342 lawmakers from the National Assembly managed to meet the ECP’s deadline.
Overall, 876 out of 1195 legislators submitted their assets’ returns.
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