Overview
- Senator Irfan Siddiqui is being treated in an Islamabad ICU for respiratory complications, with his family saying doctors have not put him on a ventilator and his vitals are stable.
- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry posted that Siddiqui was on a ventilator, a claim the family disputes, leaving conflicting reports in circulation.
- Siddiqui is expected to miss today’s Senate sitting, where the draft 27th Constitutional Amendment is slated to be presented after clause-by-clause approval by a joint committee.
- According to the agenda reported by Geo News, Senator Farooq H. Naek will present the committee report and the law minister will move the bill in the Upper House session scheduled for 11 a.m.
- Coalition discussions continue on proposals tied to the amendment, including ANP’s push to rename Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and possible increases to Balochistan assembly seats, as some opposition parties boycotted the committee meeting.