ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The Election Commission on Tuesday returned the documents of 58 political parties for not being in conformity with the Political Parties Order, 2002, but found the documents of 71 political parties correct and declared them eligible to contest forthcoming elections.

The Election Commission, which met here on Tuesday, announced that it had returned documents furnished by 58 political parties for not being in conformity with the provisions of the Political Parties Order 2002. The meeting was presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Justice Irshad Hasan Khan.

The parties whose documents for registration as political parties have been found in conformity with the PPO included Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Pakistan Muslim League (QA) Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Jamaat-i-Islami, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Awami National Party.

The parties which failed to fulfil the requirements of Political Parties Order 2002, would not be entitled to election symbols in the forthcoming elections.

The recently promulgated Political Parties Order 2002, required the political parties to submit documents, including certificates of intra-party polls, amended party constitutions in the light of Political Parties Order 2002, and audited reports showing their expenses, to the Election Commission.

The documents of these political parties would be published in the Gazette of Pakistan for public information.

The EC announcement said that after the scrutiny of the paper including constitutions, certificates of intra-party polls and other information, the commission was of the opinion that the documents of the following political parties were in order: Awami National Party, Mohib-i-Watan Nowjawan Inqlabion Ki Anjum (MNAKA), Pak Watan Party, Shan-i-Pakistan, Pakistan Awami Party, Jamaat-i-Islami, Balochistan National Congress, Islami Siyasi Tehreek, Islami Tehreek Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Labour Party of Pakistan, Balochistan National Movement, Mohajir Ittehad Tehreek, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Pakistan Pashthoonkhwa Milli Awami Party, Sindh National Front, Pakistan Ittehad Tehreek, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Pakistan, Jamhoori Watan Party, Balochistan National Party, Pakistan Muslim League(N), Sunni Tehreek, Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto), Pakistan Workers Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (Niazi), Pakistan Ghareeb Party, Balochistan National Democratic Party, Tehreek-i-Hussainia Pakistan, Sindh Democratic Alliance, Pakistan Awami Tehreek, Markarazi Jamiat Ahl-i-Hadith Pakistan, National Awami Party Pakistan, Awami Qiadat Party, Pakistan Seraiki Party, Azmat-i-Islam Movement, Pakistan Muslim League (J), Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Muslim League, (Qasim Group), Tameer-i-Pakistan Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F), Markazi Jamiat Ulema Pakistan, Jamot Qaumi Movement, Balochistan National Party (Awami), Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (Noorani), Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao), Kakar Jamhoori Party, Qaumi Jamhoori Party, Mohajir Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Hamwatan Party, Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians, Jamiat-i-Mashaikh Pakistan, Qaumi Inqalab Party, Pakistan Muslim League (QA), Punjab National Party, Hazara Qaumi Mahaz, Pakistan Social Democratic Party, Pakistan Democratic Party, National People’s Party, Istaqlal Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (Nafaaz-i-Shariat), Tehreek-i-Jamhooriat Pakistan, Millat Party, Nizam-i-Mustafa Party, Ittehad-i-Milli Hazara, Pakistan Shia Political Party, Pakistan Muslim League(F), Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah), Grand Democratic Alliance, Pakistan Freedom Party, Pak-Muslim Alliance and National Alliance.

The parties whose documents were not found in conformity with the provisions of the PPO were, Tehreek-i-Istaqlal, Pakistan Maqsad Hamayat Party, National Muslim League (Mohasiba Group), Pakistan Awami Tehreek-i-Inqalab, Seraiki Sooba Movement Pakistan, Qandeel Party of Pakistan, Pakistan Progressive Party, Progressive Democratic Party, Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party, Tehreek-i-Musawat, Swabi Qaumi Mahaz, Communist Mazdoor-Kisan Party Pakistan, Tehreek Wafaq Pakistan, Markazi Jamiat Ahl-i-Hadith Pakistan, Jamaat Ahl-i-Hadith Pakistan, Khaksaar Tehreek Pakistan, Pakistan Awami Quwwat Party, Ahle Sunnat Jamaat Sadaat, Pakistan Muslim League (M), Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Ainee Group), Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Pakistan (Qadri), Pakistan Muslim Front, Pakistan Labour Kisan Party, Pakistan Overseas Alliance, Pakistan Trade Union Party, Jamiat Mashaikh Pakistan, Ittehad Alam-i-Islam Pakistan, Pakistan Peoples League, Pakistan Brohi Party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Inqalab, National Peoples Party (Workers Group), National Workers Party, Mohajir Kashmir Movement, Islamic Democratic Front, Azad Parliamani Group, Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum Group), Afghan National Party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nazriati Group), Pakistan Muslim League (Qasim), Pakistan Jamhoori Aman Party, Awami Hamayat Tehreek Pakistan, Pakistan Popular Republican Party, Pakhtoonkhwa Qaumi Party, Ulema Mashaikh Supreme Council Pakistan, Muttahida Deeni Mahaz, Punjab National Front, Pakistan Progressive Party, Sindh Democratic Party, Punjab National Party of Pakistan, Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan, Qaumi Tahaffuz Party of Pakistan, Punjabi Qaumi Tehreek, Seraiki Qaumi Tehreek Pakistan, Social Democratic Party Pakistan, Mazdoor Kisan Party, Pakistan National League, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan and Pakistan Muslim League Ziaul Haq Shaheed).