Overview
- Official sources say the cabinet is slated to clear the bill on Friday, with plans to lay it in the Senate the same day.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met multiple coalition partners, and MQM-P says it secured an assurance that its local‑government proposals under Article 140‑A will be included.
- The PPP’s Central Executive Committee meets in Karachi to set the party line after stating it will not back changes that dilute constitutional protection of provincial shares in the NFC Award.
- Key elements under discussion include creating a Constitutional Court, restoring executive magistrates, enabling judges’ transfers, revising Election Commission deadlock rules, and amending Article 243 to refine armed‑forces coordination.
- A draft seen by The Express Tribune reports a clause to constitutionally recognise a field marshal post with a life title, while the government claims 237 votes in the National Assembly but just 61 in the Senate against the 64 needed as PTI leads opposition.