ECP Summons 98 Assembly Members Over Financial Returns on May 29

Notices have been sent to 26 members of the Sindh Assembly and 13 members of the Balochistan Assembly

Islamabad: ECP Summons 98 Assembly Members Over Financial Returns on May 29. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned 98 assembly members on May 29 for failing to submit their financial returns for the year 2022-23.

According to ECP, notices have been sent to 26 members of the Sindh Assembly and 13 members of the Balochistan Assembly. Prominent figures among the defaulters include former National Assembly members from the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) [PML-N] such as Rana Sanaullah, Khurram Dastgir, Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha, Maryam Aurangzeb, and Javed Latif.

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Other notable politicians who received notices include former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Raja Riaz, Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) [PML-Q] member Tariq Bashir Cheema, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) member Ali Musa Gilani, Hina Rabbani Khar, and former PTI provincial president Yar Muhammad Rind.

The ECP will conduct a hearing regarding the non-submission of financial returns on May 29.

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In another case, the ECP has scheduled a hearing for May 30 on the matter of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) intra-party elections. Notices have been issued to PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Secretary Information Raoof Hasan.

ECP Summons 98 Assembly Members Over Financial Returns on May 29

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The Lahore High Court on Thursday allowed an opportunity to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to submit replies on petitions seeking appointment of additional election tribunals in Punjab.

Justice Shahid Karim heard the petitions filed by PTI-backed independent candidates Advocate Salman Akram Raja and Rao Omar Hashim Khan, who were declared defeated in the general election from NA-128, Lahore and NA-139, Pakpattan, respectively.

A legal adviser to the ECP appeared before the court to seek time to file the replies to the petitions.

The judge observed that the matter pertained to public importance and could not be delayed for long, directing the ECP counsel to submit the replies by May 27.

The petitions contended that the ECP notified five election tribunals each for Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three for Balochistan, and one for Islamabad, pursuant to nominations sent by the chief justices of the respective high courts.

However, in Punjab, the ECP made a request to the LHC chief justice to nominate nine judges for appointment as election tribunals, the petitioner said. He said that initially, two of the judges nominated by the LHC were appointed as tribunals.

The petitions asked the court to order the ECP to appoint additional election tribunals in the light of the LHC recommendations for expeditious disposal of the petitions regarding the general election of 2024.