ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government has expanded consultations with coalition partners on the proposed 27th constitutional amendment, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday, as political negotiations intensify ahead of the bill’s expected introduction in parliament.
The amendment is under discussion with key parties in the governing alliance, including the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), in a bid to secure the two-thirds parliamentary majority required for constitutional changes.
According to political leaders privy to the issue, the amendment proposes creating a new constitutional court, restoring executive magistrates, revising the distribution of federal revenue among provinces and making changes to how senior judges and military leadership appointments are structured within the constitution.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s office said in a statement on Thursday the premier met a four-member delegation of the PML-Q led by Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Chaudhry Salik Hussain.
“The proposed 27th constitutional amendment was discussed and consultations were held in the meeting,” the statement said.
