Polls transparency in question sans online access to lawmakers’ assets

ISLAMABAD: As the Election Com­mission of Pakistan (ECP) is failing to digitise and upload the statements of assets and liabilities filed by the legislators, it is restricting transparency and access to knowledge even about the unrealistic wealth statements filed by provincial and federal lawmakers.

The ECP currently only provides the statements filed by the elected representatives of the parliament and the provincial assemblies in a book form on payments, and apart from a few sectors like the NGOs...