Farooq Sattar, Tallal Chaudhry and 50 other ex-lawmakers yet to vacate Parliament Lodges

E-Paper | June 16, 2026

Despite losing the general elections on July 25, more than 50 former members of the National Assembly have not yet vacated their suites in Parliament Lodges, DawnNewsTV reported on Friday.

Those who haven’t vacated the lodges include former PML-N minister Tallal Chaudhry, former MQM convenor Farooq Sattar, former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali and PkMAP chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai among others.

The former MNAs belong to the PML-N, MQM-P, PkMAP, ANP, PML-Q, JUI-F, PTI, PSP and PPP. The lodges should have been vacated when the parliamentary term ended three months ago.

The list also includes:

Pir Amirul Hasnat Shah
Major Tahir Iqbal
Bilal Virk
Maulana Ameer Zaman
Sheikh Aftab Ahmed
Raja Matloob Mehdi
Shiza Fatima
Sheikh Salahuddin
Zain Ilahi
Sardar Jafar Leghari
Chaudhry Jaffer Iqbal
Abdul Ghaffar Dogar
Muzammil Qureshi
Khawaja Suhail Manzoor
Ghulam Rabbani Khar

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Nadir Guramani is a journalist and anchorperson for Dawn News (TV) with 17 years of experience. His reporting covers parliamentary affairs, foreign policy, politics, climate change, and human rights. He can be found on X at @nguramani.

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Harmony-1©

Aug 10, 2018 09:09pm

Many dodn't leave until chucked out. Its the same when they hold any public position!

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Moni

Aug 10, 2018 09:19pm

Charge them with a rent of a private property in E6 for 3 months: approx Rs 1 million each. If not paif immediately confiscate their property + 1 month jail each.

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concernedcitizen

Aug 10, 2018 09:19pm

time to kick them out of the parliament and be done with it.

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BAKHTIAR UDDIN

Aug 10, 2018 09:30pm

Do such law makers deserve to be their at all. They should be charged rent at market rates. Enough from these free loaders. Prove them that TABDEELI has come

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Aug 10, 2018 09:33pm

Charge them on daily rate, and treat them same as any other person - these losers have to vacate the apartments, as they have lost their seats. No special favour for losers!

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arfan aslam khan

Aug 10, 2018 09:37pm

All these thieves good for nothing should be given one weeks notice,then they should be CHUCKED out by force and also should be paying rent for each day they stay,these hopeless people want everything FREE.Tell them those charity days are over,time to pay.

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Magnanimous approach

Aug 10, 2018 09:39pm

Throw them out.

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Orakzai

Aug 10, 2018 09:42pm

What a shameless leader they are..

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MONIER

Aug 10, 2018 09:52pm

What a shame that these people continue to use dishonestly tax payers/government money for benefits. They must be reported to the courts for eviction and fined for abuse of power.

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chengez k

Aug 10, 2018 09:59pm

Some need to be kicked before they understand !!!!

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Zak

Aug 10, 2018 10:01pm

Charge them from the day they were supposed to vacate. They are used to living of the public money for free, that's why we are in so much debt.

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NACParis

Aug 10, 2018 10:05pm

Charge them rent and their entry passes should be cancelled and entry should be forbidden

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optimist

Aug 10, 2018 10:35pm

Government should charge rent from those who have not vacated the premises.

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M Akram

Aug 10, 2018 10:36pm

Start criminal proceedings against them, put them in jail and cease their assets.

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ahamed

Aug 10, 2018 10:55pm

People have spoken. You have done what you were capable of. NOW just pack and leave before any force is used. That's democracy to allow newly elected to move in.

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Ayesha

Aug 10, 2018 10:55pm

Kick them out and make sure they pay all the dues for overstaying.

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Ayesha

Aug 10, 2018 10:56pm

Lawmakers or Lawbreakers!

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sughra

Aug 10, 2018 11:03pm

This is anarchic. It is a misuse of public facilities which are provided only to those whose status is 'active' on the public service employees' payroll. Such losers whose status is now obviously 'struck off strength' yet living in the same comfort is in violation of the law and should be dealt with accordingly. Lock the entrances of their suites in Parliament Lodges and fine them on daily-hourly basis to collect back the revenues they owe as tenants. No wonder such offenders drove the nation to the point of collapse economically pursuing their free luxurious lives for decades. Shame on free-riders!

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munir. makani

Aug 10, 2018 11:33pm

Collect rent from them for over occupying the properties! Send them the notices and collect monies from them promptly!

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My Advice

Aug 11, 2018 12:29am

Why they should be law maker, when they d not follow the law themselves?

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numbersnumbers

Aug 11, 2018 01:07am

Will just have to shut off utilities to those Parliament Lodges illegally occupied just like last time this happened five years ago!

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MSA

Aug 11, 2018 03:54am

Is it not failure of the care taker government

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fairplay

Aug 11, 2018 04:37am

@Moni good ideas.

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Aug 11, 2018 10:00am

Use Police Force to eject these illegal usurpers. This should give everyone a glimpse of how country was run under Nawaz and Shabaz and Zardari of Nawabshah.

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Asad Mahmud

Aug 11, 2018 10:28am

Any law for elected one's ?

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Pakistani1

Aug 11, 2018 11:44am

The habits of freeloaders do not go away easily. Charge them full market rent for the period they have overstayed and politely but firmly throw them out.

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MAK

Aug 11, 2018 07:15pm

Where are all the Rangers, who are famous for arresting people in mass ? Are they on a bribe taking mission for not vacating these "freeloaders"? Well mentioning the Sind Police is useless, because they are called boot-lickers in uniform. This PPP and Zardari's stronghold in Sind has to be broken otherwise we will slide below the third world countries.

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Ali

Aug 11, 2018 10:57pm

Throw them out. This just shows these politicians have no respect for the law and have abused the privileges. They must leave immediately, as newly elected members of parliament would need the accommodation.

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