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      <title>Constitutional amendment bill not part of National Assembly agenda</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The National Assembly would convene at 6pm today (Sunday), with a standard agenda of nine points released. Notably, the 26th constitutional amendment is not included in the published agenda.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sources told &lt;em&gt;Aaj News&lt;/em&gt; said that the constitutional amendment will be introduced through a supplementary agenda. At the beginning of the meeting, a motion to suspend the regular agenda will be approved.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the Legal Aid and Justice Authority Amendment Bill is set to be presented during the session.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The NA’s agenda for the session includes a focus on irregularities in the collection of the General Sales Tax. Additionally, a question-and-answer session is also scheduled as part of the agenda. A motion to thank the president for addressing the joint session is included as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, a notice addressing the non-payment of pension benefits to retired employees of Radio Pakistan will also be part of the discussions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, the agenda for the Senate session has been altered following the meeting’s scheduled time, but the revised agenda still does not include the legislation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Senate Secretariat has released a three-point agenda, which includes a motion to suspend the question-and-answer session and a motion to express gratitude for the presidential address.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Described as the 26th constitutional amendment, the legislation aims to change the process of appointments of the chief justice of the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A special parliamentary committee made a major breakthrough in the &lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384733/full-text-draft-of-26th-constitutional-amendment-approved-in-committee"&gt;draft of the legislation&lt;/a&gt; as panel head Khursheed Shah announced that the committee has “unanimously” approved the draft.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan also spoke on the same wavelength. But Gohar, Fazl and BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal demanded that their lawmakers should not be coerced to vote for the legislation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also, read this&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="blockquote-level-1"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384884/enough-numbers-to-pass-constitutional-amendment-claims-defence-minister-asif"&gt;Enough numbers to pass constitutional amendment, claims Defence Minister Asif&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384952/pti-to-boycott-voting-process-for-26th-constitutional-amendment"&gt;PTI to boycott voting process for 26th constitutional amendment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384942/on-ptis-request-jui-f-chief-fazl-seeks-one-more-day-to-vote-on-constitutional-amendment"&gt;On PTI’s request, JUI-F chief Fazl seeks one more day to vote on constitutional amendment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar &lt;a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384930/cabinet-has-given-in-principle-approval-to-26th-constitutional-ammendment-asif"&gt;told reporters in the wee hours of Sunday&lt;/a&gt; that some changes would be made to the salient features of the draft that was approved by the special parliamentary committee and the cabinet would seek approval for these revisions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“It is possible that the constitutional amendments bill will be presented in the House by a political party,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The National Assembly would convene at 6pm today (Sunday), with a standard agenda of nine points released. Notably, the 26th constitutional amendment is not included in the published agenda.</strong></p>
<p>Sources told <em>Aaj News</em> said that the constitutional amendment will be introduced through a supplementary agenda. At the beginning of the meeting, a motion to suspend the regular agenda will be approved.</p>
<p>Additionally, the Legal Aid and Justice Authority Amendment Bill is set to be presented during the session.</p>
<p>The NA’s agenda for the session includes a focus on irregularities in the collection of the General Sales Tax. Additionally, a question-and-answer session is also scheduled as part of the agenda. A motion to thank the president for addressing the joint session is included as well.</p>
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<p>Furthermore, a notice addressing the non-payment of pension benefits to retired employees of Radio Pakistan will also be part of the discussions.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the agenda for the Senate session has been altered following the meeting’s scheduled time, but the revised agenda still does not include the legislation.</p>
<p>The Senate Secretariat has released a three-point agenda, which includes a motion to suspend the question-and-answer session and a motion to express gratitude for the presidential address.</p>
<p>Described as the 26th constitutional amendment, the legislation aims to change the process of appointments of the chief justice of the Supreme Court.</p>
<p>A special parliamentary committee made a major breakthrough in the <a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384733/full-text-draft-of-26th-constitutional-amendment-approved-in-committee">draft of the legislation</a> as panel head Khursheed Shah announced that the committee has “unanimously” approved the draft.</p>
<p>PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan also spoke on the same wavelength. But Gohar, Fazl and BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal demanded that their lawmakers should not be coerced to vote for the legislation.</p>
<p><strong>Also, read this</strong></p>
<blockquote class="blockquote-level-1">
<p><em><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384884/enough-numbers-to-pass-constitutional-amendment-claims-defence-minister-asif">Enough numbers to pass constitutional amendment, claims Defence Minister Asif</a></em></p>
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<p><em><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384952/pti-to-boycott-voting-process-for-26th-constitutional-amendment">PTI to boycott voting process for 26th constitutional amendment</a></em></p>
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<p><em><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384942/on-ptis-request-jui-f-chief-fazl-seeks-one-more-day-to-vote-on-constitutional-amendment">On PTI’s request, JUI-F chief Fazl seeks one more day to vote on constitutional amendment</a></em></p>
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<p>But Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar <a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330384930/cabinet-has-given-in-principle-approval-to-26th-constitutional-ammendment-asif">told reporters in the wee hours of Sunday</a> that some changes would be made to the salient features of the draft that was approved by the special parliamentary committee and the cabinet would seek approval for these revisions.</p>
<p>“It is possible that the constitutional amendments bill will be presented in the House by a political party,” he said.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 13:13:39 +0500</pubDate>
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