The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notices to politicians who have yet to submit their asset details, asking them to file their statement of assets and liabilities by 15 January.
Failure to do so will lead to cancellation of their membership of the Parliament.
As per the Election Commission, out of 1,174 members from the Senate, national and provincial assemblies, 483 have presented their asset details.
Sixty one representatives out of one hundred and four have presented their benefit subtleties with the commission. Sixty one senators out of one hundred and four have submitted their asset details with the commission.
As regards members of the National Assembly, one hundred and fifty five out of three hundred and forty two have submitted their asset details.
One hundred thirteen members of Punjab Assembly, 81 members of Sindh Assembly, forty three members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and thirty members of Balochistan Assembly have also submitted their asset details with the Election Commission.
The Commission has asked the members who have yet not submitted their asset details to file their statements of assets and liabilities by 15th of this month, failing which their membership will be suspended on the next day.
Published in Daily Times, January 2nd 2019
