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ISLAMABAD: Amidst reports that the 27th Constitutional Amendment would be moved in the ongoing session of the Parliament, the Senate is resuming its meeting Friday (Nov 7), but the proposed law is not on its agenda. In the last Senate meeting on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House in Senate Ishaq Dar had said that he would request the government to move the 27th Constitutional Amendment in the Senate first, instead of the National Assembly. Dar said the proposed law would be moved soon, but did not give any timeframe in this regard. The Senate’s agenda for today’s meeting, issued by its Secretariat on Thursday, did not include the said amendment. The 13-point agenda includes question hour, presentation of three government bills, two calling attention notices, withdrawal of a government bill, and extension of an ordinance. However, under the relevant business rules, the government can bring any bill in the supplementary agenda in an ongoing meeting of the Senate without making prior intimation to the opposition side. Some reports claim that it has been decided in a recent government meeting that the said constitutional amendment would be passed from the two Houses of the Parliament on 14 November, but these reports have not been officially confirmed by the government side. Before Dar’s confirmation regarding the constitutional amendment’s arrival, Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tweeted on the matter, and his social media post stirred intense debate across Pakistan’s political spectrum. “PML-N delegation headed by PM @CMShehbaz called on @AAliZardari & myself. Requested PPPs support in passing 27th amendment. Proposal includes; setting up Constitutional court, executive magistrates, transfer of judges, removal of protection of provincial share in NFC, amending article 243, return of education and population planning to the federation and breaking dead lock on appointment of ECP. PPP CEC will be held on 6th November upon @PresOfPakistan return from Doha to decide party policy,” he tweeted earlier on Monday. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
