ECP asks parliamentarians to submit assets’ details by Sept 30

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued last reminder to parliamentarians to submit their own, spouse’ and dependents’ assets details by September 30.
The commission, in a statement here on Monday, said 958 members of the National Assembly, Senate and provincial assemblies had not yet submitted the details of their assets.
Only 208 legislators have so far submitted details of their assets, including 63 members of the National Assembly, Senate 30, Punjab Assembly 61, Sindh Assembly 33, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly 11 and Balochistan Assembly 10, it added.
The ECP said submission of assets’ details is a mandatory requirement under Section 42A of the Representation of the People Act, 1976, and Section 25A of the Senate (Election) Act, 1975.
The prescribed forms are available free of cost from the Election Commission Secretariat, Islamabad, and from the offices of the provincial election commissioners in each province, it added.