The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed the parliamentarians to submit detail of annual statement of assets and liabilities of their own, spouses and dependents for the year 2015-16 by September 30. The spokesman of ECP said in a statement that asset submission is a mandatory requirement under Section 42A of the Representation of the People Act 1976 and Section 25A of the Senate (Elections) Act 1975.
Members of the Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are required to submit the assets information to the Election Commission Secretariat, he added. Spokesman said that the prescribed forms are available, free of cost, from the Election Commission Secretariat, Islamabad and offices of Provincial Election Commissioners in each Province. Forms have already been sent to the Senate Secretariat, National Assembly Secretariat and Secretariats of all the four Provincial Assemblies for facility of members.