ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has asked the Election Commission to disqualify 99 former parliamentarians from contesting the forthcoming general elections for non-payment of outstanding arrears of parliament lodges and hostels, a well placed source in the CDA told Dawn on Saturday.
The authority has sent a letter to the EC secretary, requesting him to take action against the defaulters so that they could pay their dues amounting to Rs5 million before participating in the polls.
The letter said the authority had served several notices to the defaulters but they did not respond. Special senior magistrate of the CDA, Arshad Mehmood Chaudhry, had declared them defaulters under Land and Revenue Act, 1967.
The authority has contended that as 100 former MNAs and senators had been declared defaulters, therefore they should not be allowed to contest the elections, the source said.
The interior ministry had directed the district coordination officers (DCOs) to recover the outstanding accommodation arrears from the MNAs and senators. However, no DCO could recover the dues from any of the defaulters so far.
He said the notices had already been served on the defaulters through the concerned DCOs of their areas. “If they do not pay their dues they should not be able to take part in the elections,” he added.
He said letters regarding recovery of dues would also be sent to the returning officers who will be appointed for the coming elections, so that the defaulters could not take part in the polls unless they retire their arrears.
The source said two of the parliamentarians, Mr Asardas and Choudhry Zafarullah Tarar paid their arrears of Rs10,395 and Rs10,430 respectively on Saturday.
However, 99 former parliamentarians have not yet paid their dues. Of them 77 are stated to be former members of National Assembly and 22 former senators.
Following is the list of the defaulters and the amount of their arrears: Mir Baksh Domki, Rs266,475; Malik Muhammad Ali, Rs220,630; Hafiz Fazal Ahmed, Rs202,705; Malik Kabir Khan, Rs196,695; Malik Zulfiqar Chamkani, Rs165,092; Dr Abdul Hai Baloch, Rs106,035; Mian Umar Hayyat, Rs140,987; Babu Ghulam Hussain, Rs103,215; Khawaja Kamaluddin Anwar, Rs164,251; Mian Noor Muhammad Bhapa, Rs128,394; Choudhry Muhammad Ashiq Dehal, Rs119,420; Malik Abdul Wahid, Rs168,386; Maulana Samiul Haq, Rs2,485; Tariq Aziz, Rs8,565; Ghulam Akbar Lasi, Rs18,446; Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Awan, Rs23,290; Iqbal Ahmed Khan, Rs4,080; Malik Mukhtar Ahmed Awan, Rs22,080; Makhdoom Rukan Din, Rs21,267; Sohrab Khan Khoso, Rs1,885; Ghulam Sabir c/o Fakhar Imam, Rs5,285; Haji Amanullah, Rs18,935; Arif Jan Hasni, Rs25,330; Mian Muhammad Shafi, Rs23,220; Malik Waris Khan, Rs10,080; M Adnan c/o M Sultan Gondal, Rs22,300; Ghulam Mustafa Bajwa, Rs18,270; Riaz Hussain Qureshi, Rs12,565; Samandar Razzaq, Rs26,275; Dil Murad Jamali, Rs2,800; Nawab M Yasin, Rs5,545; Ghulam Haider Talpur, 2,100; Khurshid Alam Cheema, Rs21,565; Qamar Zaman Khagga, Rs4,560; Shamim N.D.Khan, Rs5,850; Farid M. Jadoon, Rs21,400; Salim Khan Jalil, Rs24,815; Begum Razia Khanum Sarwar, Rs30,425; Sultan Ahmed Chandio, Rs34,010; Malik Syed Ahmed Khan, Rs46,997; Haji Annayat Jan, Rs25,655, Sobedar Khan Mandukhail, Rs78,135; Mian M. Amjad Joya, Rs4,410; Rao Qaisar Ali Khan, 83,830; Wazir Ali Bhatti, Rs19,679; Dr Ismail, Rs7,725; Nawab Amanullah Sihal, Rs788; Muhammad Ayub Jank, Rs3,360; M Zafar Advocate, Rs2,170; Ghulam Dastagir Khan, Rs2,075; M Ayub c/o Sanaullah Baloch, Rs16,200; Khalid Javed Garki, Rs5,250; Choudhry M. Iqbal Bosal, Rs15,320; Shakeel Ahmed Baloch, Rs50,280; Muhammad Nawaz Ilahi, Rs67,788; Muhammad Raza Khan, Rs41,185; Muhammad Ayub Ilahi, Rs24,214; Manzoor Ali Gichki, Rs31,285; Kamil Ali Agha, Rs8,880; Mian Muhammad Munir Rs12,515; Mian Aslam c/o Tehmina Daultana, Rs9,840; Rai Muhammad Aslam Kharal, Rs115,977; Sardar Younis, Rs14,290; Choudhry Altaf Hussain, Rs17,867; Ghulam Farid Kathia, Rs11,220; Pir Bakhsh Hashmi, Rs1,355; Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Rs28,785; Haji Arsalan Khan, Rs7,420; Irshad Amin, Rs16,795; Abdul Latif Afridi, Rs19,050; Syed Jamil Hussain Bukhari, Rs23,040; Syed Muzammil Shah, Rs8,455; Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, Rs18,385; Ali Akbar Wanees, Rs4,285; Qadir Bakhsh Hilla, Rs81,005; Nawabzada Ghazanfar Gul, Rs8,100; Sardar Tariq c/o Raja Muhammad Afzal, Rs8,490; Father Rofen Charles, Rs45,105; Syed Sajjad Haider, Rs28,090; Maulana Muhammad Lakhvi, Rs12,595; Mian Akhtar, Rs28,650; Qasim Ali, Rs36,250; William Naz, Rs30,495; Pir Aftab Shah Jilani, Rs8,060; Jorge Clement, Rs54,850; Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Rs2,590; Syed Javed Shah, Rs1,330; Muhammad Ayub Afridi, Rs4,320; Moti Begum Milani, Rs10,641; Choudhry Sakhi Jan, Rs73,170; Jam Muhammad Yousaf, Rs19,665; Zuhair Akram, Rs2,701; Abdul Waheed, Rs49,680; Shaikh Rashid, Rs11,530; Sardar Asif, Rs54,565; Ishtiaq Ahmed, 2,820; Hafiz Muhammad Taqi, Rs6,930; and Muhammad Iqbal c/o M Akram Ansar, Rs12,880.