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Government Seeks PPP Backing for Proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment

PPP sets a November 6 CEC meeting to decide its position following President Zardari’s return from Doha.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif led a PML-N delegation that met President Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to request PPP support.
  • Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said the draft includes creating a constitutional court, restoring executive magistrates, and enabling transfers of judges.
  • The proposal would amend Article 243 and remove protections for provincial shares under the National Finance Commission Award.
  • It would return education and population planning to federal control and introduce a mechanism to resolve deadlocks over Election Commission appointments.
  • The PPP will decide its stance at a November 6 Central Executive Committee meeting after the president’s return from Doha.