Failure to submit annual returns details: ECP suspends membership of 139 lawmakers

Suspended lawmakers are barred from attending respective legislature’s proceedings

By Our Correspondent
January 17, 2025
The board outside the premises of the Election Commission of Pakistan. — ECP website/File
The board outside the premises of the Election Commission of Pakistan. — ECP website/File

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday suspended the membership of 139 lawmakers of the Senate, National Assembly and four provincial legislatures who did not submit their annual returns details for the year 2023-24 to the electoral body.

Memberships of two members of the Senate, 16 of the National Assembly, 68 of the Punjab Assembly, 33 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, 15 lawmakers of the Sindh Assembly and five of Balochistan legislature have been suspended. The suspended lawmakers have been barred from attending the respective legislature’s proceedings.

Their suspension would remain in place till they comply with the legal requirement. The suspended lawmakers include senators Abdul Qadoos and Muhammad Qasim, MNAs Tahir Iqbal, Syed Ali Gilani, Mudassir Sehar Kamran and Sardar Akhtar Mengal, who has resigned as an MNA a few months back.