ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) cautioned the
caretaker ministers why not they be barred from work, as they had failed to submit
details of their assets and those of their dependents, being a legal requirement.The Election Commission stated that why not the interim ministers, who failed to submit their
asset details, be stopped from work, referring to the Section 230 of the Elections Act, 2017, which says that
caretaker premier, chief
ministers and
ministers will submit
details of their assets and of their dependents to the Election Commission within three days after taking oath of responsibility.In a statement, the Election Commission noted that so far,
caretaker Prime Minister Justice ® Nasirul Mulk, chief
ministers of the four provinces, namely Prof. Hasan Askari, Justice (R) Dost Muhammad, Fazlur Rehman and Alaudin Marri, six members of the
caretaker cabinet in Islamabad and three provincial
ministers had complied with the legal requirement.Interim federal
ministers are: Ms. Shamshad Akhtar, Muhammad Azam Khan, Syed Ali Zafar, Mrs. Roshan Khurshid Bharucha, Muhammad Yousaf, Abdullah Hussain Haroon and of the provincial ministers, two
ministers are from Punjab, namely Syed Zia Haider Rizvi and Ahmad Waqas Riaz and one from Sindh, Jamil Yousaf, who filed their related documents to the Election Commission.The Election Commission said that all such ministers, who failed to fulfill the legal requirement, had been issued notices that since they had not acted in accordance with the law, they not they be barred from work.
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