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30pc of NA candidates not registered tax payers: report

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ISLAMABAD: Around 30 per cent candidates for the National Assembly are not registered as taxpayers with the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), according to a report released by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

The report highlights that 5,806 candidates for the NA seats were scrutinized by the FBR as mentioned on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) website.

Fafen says that 88 candidates are dual nationals as per the FIA.

Furthermore, 115 candidates for 105 general seats, eight for women reserved seats and one for minority reserved seat acquired bank loans, which are either overdue or have been written off.

The scrutiny of nomination papers was completed by the returning officers for the contesting candidates in the upcoming elections.

The report further stated that 13 incidents of political and electoral violence were reported during the last month, which has taken the tally of such incidents to a total of 59 since April.

With the nomination process entering its final phase, political parties are finalising their candidates for the national and provincial assemblies’ constituencies.

Prior to the 2018 elections, a total of 18 political figures were observed switching parties, the formation of two political alliances and two instances of politically influential factions announcing their support for a specific party.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has so far registered 105,955,407 voters including 59,224,262 males and 46,731,145 females for upcoming general elections scheduled to be held on July 25.

According to the ECP’s official data, there are as many as 4,299,494 registered voters in Balochistan including 2,486,230 male and 1,813,264 female.

See Also: Election 2018: 11, 855 candidates up for NA, PA seats 

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