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Pakistan Opposition Maps Court Marches as PTI Challenges Economist Report

Opponents call the 27th amendment an assault on judicial independence tied to the new Federal Constitutional Court.

Overview

  • Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Aaeen Pakistan announced Monday walks by MNAs and senators from the National Assembly to the Supreme Court and a parallel march by Punjab MPAs to the Lahore High Court.
  • The alliance said a resolution opposing the 27th amendment will be tabled in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, with a nationwide ‘black day’ to follow next Friday.
  • Islamabad High Court administration began preparing courtrooms to host the new Federal Constitutional Court, with space reassignments planned as judges take oaths and the body is stood up.
  • Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said those behind the Islamabad courthouse blast and the Wana cadet college attack came from Afghanistan, praising security forces after his visit to Wana.
  • Investigators reported arresting another key facilitator in the Islamabad courthouse suicide bombing probe and detaining a tailor linked to the Peshawar-made suicide jacket, while PTI’s Barrister Gohar Ali Khan vowed legal action over The Economist’s report on Bushra Bibi.