26th Constitutional Amendment approved at the National Assembly after Senate
After approval from the Senate, the 26th constitutional amendment was approved in the session of the National Assembly. The government also managed to secure a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.
Speaker National Assembly announced that 225 members voted in favor of the amendment.
Speaker National Assembly said that 12 votes were cast against the constitutional amendment.
The House passed the 26th Constitutional Amendment by a two-thirds majority. Tehreek-e-Insaf members walked out from the National Assembly
Addressing the National Assembly after the approval of the 26th constitutional amendment, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that today is a historic day, the twenty-sixth amendment to the constitution has been passed.
The Prime Minister said that this wonderful example of national unity and consensus has been established once again. A new sun will rise today which will illuminate the entire country.
He said that governments were sent home through palace conspiracies, Prime Ministers were dismissed, today it has been decided that Parliament is supreme.
The Prime Minister further said that the agreement signed between Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif in 2006 has become operational today, and I want to pay tribute to Benazir Bhutto Shaheed along with Nawaz Sharif.
In the National Assembly, the number of members of the ruling coalition including JUIF was 219, 6 independent members in the National Assembly also voted in favor of the constitutional amendment. Chowdhury Ilyas, Usman Ali, Mubarak Zeb, Zahoor Qureshi, Aurangzeb Khachi are also among those who voted. 8 JUI members voted in favor of the amendment.
The twenty-sixth constitutional amendment was voted on by division after clause-by-clause approval
The government needed 224 votes to approve the 26th constitutional amendment in the National Assembly, but during the clause-by-clause approval of the amendment, 225 members voted in favor of the amendment.
Voting by division followed clause-by-clause approval of the twenty-sixth constitutional amendment. Nawaz Sharif voted first in the voting process through the division.
During the meeting, during the approval of the first two clauses, 12 members of the opposition voted against, later the opposition members boycotted and walked out of the House.
The Law Minister presented the 26th Amendment Bill for formal assent
Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar submitted the 26th Amendment Bill to the Constitution for official approval.
After the approval of the 26th constitutional amendment by the House, the President will sign the constitutional amendment this morning.
According to reports, the 26th constitutional amendment will be signed at the ceremony.
Parliamentarians will also participate in the signing ceremony of the constitutional amendment.
The session of the National Assembly began under the chairmanship of Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, in which Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other members of the assembly including Nawaz Sharif are also present.
Prime Minister Nazir Tarar expressed his views and said that the Charter of Democracy was signed by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.
The 26th constitutional amendment was passed in the Senate with a two-thirds majority
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq ruled that the meeting will be adjourned at 11:55 PM, the meeting will resume on October 21 at 12:50 PM.
The National Assembly was adjourned to regular proceedings on October 20 and 21, Naveed Qamar moved a motion which was passed by the House.
Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while addressing the National Assembly said that as much consensus as possible was reached in the government, alliance and opposition, the opposition should not vote, it is their right.
The President will sign the constitutional amendment this morning
He said that PML-N has the least, PP, JUI have the most points in the constitutional amendment, 99% of the objections in the constitutional amendment are from PTI. Whether the opposition votes or not, it has a stake in the success. The 18th Amendment was a revolutionary reform, it is also a historical reform.
Bilawal Bhutto said that there is no historical cover-up of the court, General Pervez Musharraf was confirmed by the court, this is the role of those who protect the constitution in the dictatorial era, the court also allowed the president to contest the election in uniform. We have forgotten what is the history of the court, when we struggle to drive away the dictator, they remember the constitution and the law.
Addressing the National Assembly session, Chairman People’s Party Bilal Bhutto Zardari said that some amendments in this constitution have been approved with 100% consensus. approve as
He said that creating a constitutional court was a part of the Charter of Democracy, we did not hurry in the constitutional amendments, be it a constitutional court or a constitutional bench, the work of the people is going to be done.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that what has been the history of dismissal of judges, appointing and removing judges was first with the Governor General, then it came to the President, this authority was taken away from the Prime Minister and given to the Chief Justice. Benazir Bhutto was about to appoint, it was not being tolerated, the nineteenth amendment was passed in the blackmailing of Iftikhar Chaudhary.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s comment on reciting Nawaz Sharif’s poetry in the House
Chairman People’s Party said that one prime minister was dismissed for not writing a letter and another prime minister was dismissed for not taking salary from his son. You chose the Prime Minister yourself but took the power from the members of the National Assembly to show no confidence in the Leader of the House.
Addressing the meeting for the 26th constitutional amendment, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Umar Ayub said that the constitutional amendment is a process of strangulation of the independent judiciary by including unknown persons among those who were being thanked.
He said that this constitutional amendment does not represent the people of Pakistan, what would happen if the amendment was approved on October 31.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif while expressing his views in the National Assembly said that Justice Qazi Faiz Isa restored the honor of judiciary, he is going home with honor.
Khawaja Asif said that the 4 officers who came here did not contest the election on the ticket of PTI, they came here by contesting the election as an independent.
He said that the words that have been spoken should have some sense of shame and modesty, people’s consciences should not be changed by changing parties over time.
He said that the dispute that has been going on in the judiciary for a few years is only for the monopoly of a group, we had to free the judiciary but not so much that it takes away our freedom.
The Senate passed the interest elimination amendment unanimously
Expressing his views in the National Assembly, Khawaja Asif said that the amendment we are bringing in the House has been passed by the Senate.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that the 4 officers who came here did not contest the election on the ticket of PTI, they came here by contesting the election as an independent.
He said that Justice Qazi Faiz Isa restored the honor of judiciary, he is going home with honor.
Juif Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman while addressing the National Assembly session said that I pay tribute to the efforts of Bilawal, Nawaz, Shehbaz and all the people present in the House for constitutional amendment.
He said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf also stood by me in these efforts.
Fazlur Rehman said that the conflict here is about personalities, the ruling party is afraid of one judge, the opposition is afraid of another.
He said that the constitution is a stable document, laws are passed by simple majority, two-thirds majority is necessary for constitutional amendment.