The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the federal government for 15th January 2018 in a petition challenging Election Act, 2017, allowing the politicians not to reveal details of their assets and dual nationality in their nomination papers.
The petitioner Habib Akram said that the new law recently passed by the National Assembly had allowed politicians/candidates not to show details in Form A and B of the nomination papers. The law in question, he said, was enacted by the assembly with malafide intention to conceal corruption of the politicians as no formal debate was conducted on it.
He claimed that a number of provisions of the law were contrary to the constitution. In Form A of the nomination papers, affidavit of the candidates regarding details about their family members, assets, loans obtained as well as litigation was removed, he claimed.
The petitioner said that the affidavit about dual nationality and details about passport and annual income of the candidates was also detached. The amendment in the forms paved the way for corrupt politicians as no one could be declared as ineligible on said grounds in future, the petitioner added.
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