Deadline expires: Only 25 political parties including PML-N submit asset details to ECP

Election symbols will not be allocated to political parties failing to submit their asset details.

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Only twenty five out of two hundred and eighty nine registered political parties have submitted details of their assets to the Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday, Dunya News reported.
According to ECP, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), Awami National Party (ANP), Awami Watan Party (AWP) and Jamaat-e-Islami were among the 25 parties that submitted details of their accounts and assets.
Other 264 political parties including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) have not submitted their asset details.
On July 4, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had asked all political parties to file details of their assets by August 29.
Under Article 13 of the Political Parties Order, 2002, every political party was bound to submit to the Election Commission within 60 days from the close of each financial year a consolidated statement of accounts of the party, duly audited by a chartered accountant.
The Commission has clarified that political parties which fail to submit their annual statement of accounts in terms of Article 13 of the said Order or fail to submit the certificate with regard to intra-party election in terms of Article 12 of the said order shall not be entitled to obtain election symbols.