All six legislative houses: ECP seeks FY2025-26 financial statements from lawmakers
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought the annual financial statements of the previous fiscal year 2025-26 from the lawmakers of all the six legislative houses of the country, latest by the year-end, in accordance with the relevant laws. In this context, the ECP, on Friday, drew the attention of the members of the two houses of the Parliament, and those of the four…
ISLAMABAD, 77A8278F-0D4: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has requested all six legislative houses, including the two houses of Parliament and the four provincial assemblies, to submit their financial statements from the fiscal year 2025-26 by December 31, 2026. This requirement is outlined in Section 137 of the Elections Act, 2017.
The ECP has emphasized that members of the legislative bodies must submit their assets and liabilities, including those of their spouses and dependent children, as of June 30 of the previous year, using Form B. In May 2026, the ECP initiated legal proceedings against nine former lawmakers from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party due to their failure to submit their wealth statements for the fiscal year 2024-25, despite being disqualified from their legislative positions following court convictions in 2025.
These ex-legislators were subsequently required to provide the necessary financial information, after which the legal proceedings against them were resolved. The ECP regularly publishes the names of legislators who fail to submit their wealth statements on the first of January under Section 137(2) of the Elections Act. Non-submission by January 15 results in the suspension of their legislative memberships under Section 137(3).
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