Pakistan Constitutional Amendments:

[Forsvaret]

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This "debate" has already occurred where it really matters, namely at the GHQ.

 

[Forsvaret]

Unfortunately the majority of the judges are complicit in this.

These judges never really cared about the rule of law in Pakistan. They talk about being the guardians of constitution all day long, but when unelected people reach the assemblies through fabricated form 47 and thus start changing the constitution, these "defenders of constitution" stay completely silent…

 

[Ali_Baba]

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Unfortunately the majority of the judges are complicit in this.

Its a bit like Turkeys voting for Christmas .. Very sad!

 

[Forsvaret]

Its a bit like Turkeys voting for Christmas .. Very sad!

Sad for who? Certainly not for the illegitimate government of Pakistan…

 

[ARMalik]

Senate passes revised 27th Amendment Bill after approval by NA​

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Senate passes revised 27th Amendment Bill after approval by NA

The Senate on Thursday passed the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill after the National Assembly approved revisions a day earlier, amid opposition uproar.Federal Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar...

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[ARMalik]

Supreme Court has no more jurisdiction on constitutional matters. All constitutional matters will now go to the new Federal constitutional court.

 

[ghazi52]

President Zardari gives assent to 27th Constitutional Amendment​

News Desk | Nadir Guramani
November 13, 2025



Law Minister Azam Nazeer speaks in the Senate on Nov 13. — Photo courtesy Senate



A photo from a session of the Senate on Nov 13. — Photo courtesy Senate/ YouTube
Law Minister Azam Nazeer speaks in the Senate on Nov 13. — Photo courtesy Senate


President Asif Ali Zardari gave his assent to the contentious 27th Constitutional Amendment on Thursday, enacting it into law.

The summary signed by the president, a copy of which is available with Dawn, states: “The Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2025, is assented to, as advised by the prime minister, at para 5 of the summary.”

 

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The development came hours after the Senate approved the bill for the amendment after voting on it for a second time amid the opposition’s protest.

Announcing the result, Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani said 64 votes had been cast in favour of the bill and four against it. “So the motion is carried by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the Senate, and consequently, the bill stands passed.”

The house first voted on the bill clause by clause and then by division. While clause-by-clause voting was under way, slogans of aain ki tabahi, na manzoor (destruction of the Constitution, unacceptable) filled the house, prompting Gilani to say at one point, “No slogans”.

The bill was initially presented in the Senate for voting on Monday and passed the same day. It was then referred to the NA, which approved it with some amendments yesterday. Therefore, the proposed legislation was again presented in the Senate today to consider the latest changes.

 

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Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar again tabled the bill in the upper house of Parliament today.

Elaborating on the changes and the bill’s salient features, he said the incumbent chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) would continue to hold this post until he held the office. Following his retirement, he said, the senior one among the top-most judges of the Supreme Court and the planned Federal Constitutional Court would have the title of the CJP.

He added that according to the proposed amendment, the CJP would administer the oath to the president, chief election commissioner and auditor general for Pakistan.

Detailing changes to Article 6 of the Constitution, which deals with the subject of treason, he said the provision would now read: “Any court in Pakistan, be it the Federal Constitutional Court that will now, God willing, be established, the Supreme Court or high courts, cannot validate the abrogation of [of the Constitution].”

 

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The matter of defection​

Immediately after Tarar tabled the bill, PTI Senator Ali Zafar highlighted that the house would be voting for the second time on the constitutional amendment. The amendment, he said, would need the support of a two-thirds majority in the Senate, which meant at least 64 votes.

He recalled that during the first instance of voting, PTI’s Saifullah Abro and another senator from the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) had voted in favour of the amendment and against the party line.

After casting his vote, Abro had announced his resignation on the floor of the house.

Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani was asked about it while he was speaking to the media earlier today. In his response, Gilani said after formally receiving Abro’s resignation in writing, he would call him and maybe, “I am able to convince him”.

Later, PTI’s Zafar pointed out to him in the Senate that the defection by Abro led to the application of Article 63-A, which stipulated that Abro stood disqualified. Moreover, he said, Abro had also announced his resignation.

In light of these developments, he requested that the votes of the defecting senator not be counted.

 

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Ruckus in NA​

Yesterday, a revised draft of the 27th Amendment bill was passed by the NA during a session attended by political bigwigs and marred by noisy protests and a walkout by opposition lawmakers.

The bill had 59 clauses and eight were changed in the final draft tabled before the lower house of Parliament. The draft was slightly different from the one initially passed by the Senate on Monday. The fresh changes are mostly related to the chief justice of Pakistan.






At the outset, the NA proceedings moved forward smoothly, and several MNAs, including opposition alliance leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai, spoke on the floor of the house. The situation began turning chaotic when Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, his brother and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived in the hall. At this point, PTI lawmakers started chanting slogans targeting the PML-N leaders and against the constitutional amendment.

During the protest, PML-N MNAs made a shield in front of the PM and Nawaz Sharif to prevent the PTI members from approaching the premier and the party chief. Similarly, the security guards of the Parliament House also came closer to the PM for his security. The protest also disrupted the law minister’s and the PPP chief’s speeches, and the opposition members tore up the copies of the bill and flung them towards the PM’s chair.

Interestingly, PTI firebrand leader Sher Afzal Marwat did not join the protest and remained seated even after the opposition MNAs walked out of the house in protest. Later, he went directly to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to meet him and listened to the PM’s speech. As the premier spoke in the house, PTI MNA Iqbal Khan Afridi again entered the house with a banner in his hands, which carried the portrait of PTI founder Imran Khan. He went to the speaker’s dais and kept displaying the banner to the PM throughout his speech.

 

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Opposition to the bill

The bill proposes the creation of a Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) as well as changes to the military leadership structure.

After its approval by the NA yesterday, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan assailed the development, stating that in rushing the amendments, “you have sunk the ship of democracy and judicial independence”.

Opposition alliance Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan has announced a nationwide protest movement against the proposed amendment, urging the people to take a stand against the “extremely dark and dangerous” change in the Constitution.

Former and sitting judges, as well as lawyers, have also voiced opposition to the proposed amendment, particularly citing its implications for the Supreme Court.

 

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Contentious bill​

The government’s plan to make a 27th Amendment to the Constitution is taking shape roughly a year after it managed to get the 26th Constitutional Amendment approved.

The 26th Amendment was passed by Parliament during an overnight session in October 2024, with the PTI claiming seven of its lawmakers were abducted to gain their favour as the party opposed the legislation. The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) also alleged its two senators were being pressured, with both later defying party line to vote in the tweaks’ favour.

In the following months, even though the 26th Amendment remained mired in controversy and continued to face challenges in the court, the power corridors in Islamabad remained abuzz with talk of a possible 27th Constitutional Amendment.

The speculation about whether the government intended to further tweak the Constitution was put to rest when Bilawal announced on social media platform X on November 3 that a PM Shehbaz-led delegation had sought his party’s support for the amendment.

Subsequently, PM Shehbaz also held consultations with other ruling allies to secure support for the controversial amendment.

The bill was then tabled in the Senate on Nov 8, just hours after it was approved by the federal cabinet in a meeting chaired by PM Shehbaz via a video link from Baku. It was subsequently referred to the parliamentary standing committees on law and justice, which approved it the very next day with some minor changes to the initial draft.

The law minister tabled it in the Senate for voting on Nov 10. The contentious bill was approved by the upper house of Parliament after 64 lawmakers voted in its favour, with members of the opposition staging a noisy walkout. The PML-N led coalition government had managed to secure a two-thirds majority to get the bill passed with the unexpected support of two opposition senators who voted against their party lines.

On November 12, the bill was passed by the National Assembly after the introduction of some changes, mostly related to the chief justice of Pakistan.

In the house of 336 members, 224 votes were required to meet the mandatory two-thirds majority for the passage of the bill. The ruling lawmakers cast 234 votes in its favour, while four votes were polled against the bill by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) members. The JUI-F has 10 MNAs, but only four attended the sitting. The PTI members, meanwhile, boycotted the process by staging a walkout.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[PakAl]

Pakistani govt is set to introduce 27th amendment in the constitution to abolish dual nationality in Pakistan.

— With this change, dual citizenship will become illegal. Foreign passport will mean losing Pakistani nationality.

Pakistani govt proposes the 27th amendment to ban all dual nationality holders from serving in govt positions.

— Over 22,000 Pakistani bureaucrats hold dual nationalites, as disclosed in a parliamentary briefing recently.

I support this. No dual national should be able to hold important positions. If someone wants to serve Pakistan then leave dual nationality. Another law needed is any important personality like DGISIS, Generals, President, PM should not be allowed to leave Pakistan permanently after retirement, they carry state secrets, however they must be protected in Pakistan and looked after by the state.