- Members of Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies suspended for failing to submit assets details
- Delimitation exercise to cover 42 Cantonment Boards nationwide, including major cities
- Islamabad local government elections postponed following new LG Ordinance
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday suspended the membership of 159 legislators from the Parliament and provincial assemblies for failing to submit details of their assets, while also issuing the schedule for delimitation of wards in 42 Cantonment Boards (CBs) across the country.
According to the ECP’s CBs delimitation schedule, the exercise, being conducted under the Elections Act 2017 and the Cantonments Act 1924, covers all four provinces and major boards in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta.
In a separate notification, the ECP said nine lawmakers were suspended from the Senate (upper house) and 32 from the National Assembly (lower house). In addition, 50 members of the Punjab Assembly, 33 from the Sindh Assembly, 28 from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and seven from the Balochistan Assembly were also suspended.
The move follows an ECP reminder issued a day earlier, warning lawmakers to submit details of their assets and liabilities by January 15, failing which their memberships would be suspended from January 16, 2026.
“Members of the Senate, National Assembly and provincial assemblies who have not submitted details of their assets and liabilities are directed to submit them on the prescribed Form B under Section 137 of the Elections Act,” the commission stated.
The ECP also informed that its political finance wing at Kohsar Block would remain open until midnight of January 15 for receipt of statements. Last week, the commission had noted that 446 lawmakers had failed to submit their statements by the original December 31, 2025 deadline.
These included 125 National Assembly members, 26 Senators, 159 Punjab Assembly members, 62 Sindh Assembly members, 48 KP Assembly members and 26 Balochistan Assembly members.
Section 137(1) of the Elections Act 2017 mandates that every lawmaker submit a statement of assets and liabilities annually by December 31, covering their own, spouse’s and dependent children’s assets as of June 30 of the preceding year. Last year, the ECP had suspended 139 lawmakers for non-compliance.
Separately, the ECP announced the timeline for CBs delimitation: administrative arrangements from Jan 19–Feb 2, preliminary lists on Feb 3–4, publication for objections on Mar 5, objections from Mar 6–25, disposal of objections by Apr 8, and final notification of wards on Apr 20.
Meanwhile, the electoral watchdog postponed local government elections in Islamabad and withdrew the previous schedule following the promulgation of the Islamabad Local Government (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, which altered the structure and mode of local government elections in the federal capital. Earlier, elections had been scheduled for February 15, 2026.
