ECP restores membership of 64 lawmakers
The election commission had on January 16 suspended membership of lawmakers.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday restored membership of 64 members altogether of the national and provincial assemblies upon submission of financial details by them.
The ECP has restored membership of 25 MNAs, 24 members of the Punjab Assembly, 10 members of the Sindh Assembly, four members of the KP Assembly and one member of the Balochistan Assembly.
The membership of federal ministers including Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri, Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul, Parliamentary Secretary for Railways, Mian Farrukh Habib, Minister for Housing and Works Tariq Bashir Cheema,and former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has been reinstated.
Assembly membership of as many as 254 lawmakers still remains suspended over failure to submit assets’ details, according to the state’s supreme electoral body.
The election commission had on January 16 suspended membership of lawmakers for failing to submit their assets’ details.
