25 parliamentarians' membership restored on submitting assets' statements.

ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday restored the membership of 25 parliamentarians on fulfilling legal requirement of submitting statements of assets and liabilities.

According to ECP notification, earlier these parliamentarians were stopped to function as members on not submitting their statements of assets and liabilities by due date of January 15.

All those who have now been allowed to function as member parliament included one member Senate, 13 members National Assembly, five members Punjab assembly, two Sindh assembly, two Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly and two Balochistan assembly members.

Under Section 137 of the Elections Act, 2017, every member of an assembly and Senate have to submit to the Commission, on or before December 31st each year, a copy of statement of assets and liabilities including assets and liabilities of his spouse and dependent children as on the preceding thirtieth day of June on Form B.

The commission, on the first day of January each year through a press release, publishes...