ISLAMABAD, March 19: The government has referred a list of 60 former legislators to the National Accountability Bureau and Election Commission, seeking their disqualification from contesting the elections.
The government has cited their default on payment of bills during their stay in official lodges in the federal capital as the reason for this move.
Interestingly, the list contains names of some of the former MNAs and Senators who have passed away.
The amounts outstanding against the ex-parliamentarians ranged from Rs200 to Rs150,000 and some of the bills had been pending since 1985, when the democratic process was restored.
The works department had also noted that several notices had been served on these former MPs but to no avail.
In the list are included Altaf Bhaio, Sardar Ashraf Wariach, Munawer Munj, Khurshid Alam Cheema, Krishan Bheel Singh, Naeem Khan Khosa, Afzal Bosan, Chaudhry Safdar-ur-Rehman, Barjees Tahir, Nawab Muhammad Yousaf Illahi, Muhammad Nasir Baig, Khizar Hayyat, Sardar Ashiq Dogar, Raffique Kiyyani, Jam Karam Ali, Syed Ishtiaq Azhar, Jameeluddin Bukhari, Malik Saeed Ahmed, Mehran Khan Bajrani, Malik Saeed Ahmed, Khawaja Kamaluddin Anwer, Haji Yaqoob, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Muhammad Akram Shah, Mian Abdul Waheed, Nabi Buksh Domki, Syed Pervaiz Ali Shah, Al-Haj Muhammad Khan, Habibullah Khan, Alam Ali Lalika, Akhundzada Behrawar Saeed, Abdul Qayyum Khan, Muzaffar Shah, Zafarullah Tarrar, Jehangir Badar, Rao Khizar, Mian Atta Mehmood Qureshi, Rana Chandar Singh, Ali Hassan Mungi, Sultan Ahmed Chandio, Maulana Azam Tariq, Dil Murad Jammali, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Sardar Hiddayat Ullah, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, Nasreen Jaleel, Abdul Rehman Jamali, Manzoor Ghichki, Malik Hakmeen, Mandoo Khail, Nawaz Salahuddin, Jam Yousaf, Sardar Ali Sanjrani, Ghulam Muhammad Shawani, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Ghazanfar Guch, Asif Fasihuddin Wardak, Ghulam Dastagir Khan and Dr Safdar Abbassi.
