Overview
- Lawmakers passed the bill with 64 votes in the 96‑member Senate after opposition protests and a walkout, with a few opposition senators backing the measure.
- The package restructures command by scrapping the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and creating a Chief of Defence Forces under revised Article 243.
- The draft establishes a Federal Constitutional Court and reallocates some authorities now exercised by the Supreme Court, alongside changes to judicial appointments.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed removal of a committee‑endorsed clause on lifetime presidential immunity, saying it was not in the cabinet‑approved draft.
- The committee’s approvals include extending the window for pending cases to one year with dormant cases deemed disposed, while allied parties’ proposals on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s name and Balochistan seats remain under review as opposition groups rally and lawyers urge full‑court scrutiny.