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The National Assembly session to amend three bills regarding the tenure of the services chiefs began on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Imran Khan made a rare appearance in the Lower House as the assembly passes three amendment bills to formalise the tenures of the army, navy and air force chiefs.

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Jamaat-i-Islami walked out of the NA declaring the lower house to be "fake".

A day earlier, the National Assembly's standing committee on defence unanimously approved the bills during an in-camera session, which indicates that the bills are likely to smoothly sail through the lower house.

The Supreme Court had while deciding on the legal challenge to the second tenure for Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa asked the government to define the tenure, terms and conditions of service of the army chief and to get their approval from the parliament within six months.