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TTAP Rejects 27th Amendment, Sets Nov. 17 Court March and Nov. 21 'Black Day'

Opposition leaders say the change erodes judicial independence following the president’s assent.

Overview

  • An emergency TTAP huddle in Islamabad chaired by Mahmood Khan Achakzai produced a unified rejection of the amendment and a coordinated protest plan.
  • President Asif Ali Zardari has signed the 27th Amendment into law, a step the alliance argues weakens the Supreme Court and subordinates judges to the executive.
  • TTAP said MNAs and senators will march from Parliament House to the Supreme Court on Monday, with Punjab lawmakers set to walk from the provincial assembly to the Lahore High Court the same day.
  • The bloc will back a resolution against the amendment to be tabled in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, signaling a push inside provincial legislatures.
  • Leaders hailed the reported resignations of Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah as principled resistance and demanded the immediate release of Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi, PTI leaders and workers, and rights activists, while calling a nationwide 'Black Day' on November 21.