Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tasked National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to build cross‑party consensus as the coalition accelerates its timeline.
- The draft seen by outlets proposes a federal Constitutional Court, higher judicial retirement ages to 70, reduced presidential and prime ministerial roles in judicial appointments, and a mechanism to resolve CEC appointment deadlocks via the JCP.
- Revisions to Article 243 are included, with reports of constitutional recognition and powers for a field marshal and measures to formalise armed forces command and coordination.
- The package reportedly seeks to lift the federal share of NFC transfers by about 10% and to move education and health back to the federal domain, positions the PPP rejects as encroaching on protected provincial shares.
- The government claims sufficient votes in the National Assembly but falls short of the two‑thirds threshold in the Senate, as PTI and other opposition figures vow to oppose the bill and MQM‑P secures assurances on local‑government protections.