The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has suspended the membership of 150 parliamentarians for failing to submit the annual declaration of assets and liabilities that the top electoral body requires.
Three senators, 36 National Assembly members, 69 members of the Punjab Assembly, 14 members of the Sindh Assembly, 21 members of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, and seven members of the Balochistan Assembly were on the list.
Three senators from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), including Musaddiq Malik, are among the suspended members, as are federal ministers Fawad Chaudhry, Noorul Haq Qadri, Hammad Azhar, Shafqat Mahmood, Fehmida Mirza, and ministers of state Farrukh Habib and Shabbir Ali Qureshi.
Former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Dr Amir Liquat Hussain, Firdous Shamim, Ali Gohar Khan, Sadaqat Abbassi, Raja Fayyaz, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Yar Mohammad Rind, Mir Sikandar Ali, Sardar Owais Ahmed Khan Leghari, Samiullah Chaudhry, Sal
According to the ECP, legislators will be unable to participate in parliamentary proceedings and their membership will be suspended until their respective statements are submitted.
The commission suspends the membership of dozens of legislators almost every year for failing to submit the statement. The ECP suspended the membership of 154 members last year.
