Karachi courts closed for third day as lawyers protest sweeping constitutional overhaul

KARACHI: City courts in Pakistan’s Karachi remained closed for a third consecutive day on Saturday as lawyers across the southern Sindh province pressed ahead with protests against a sweeping constitutional overhaul they say hands the executive unprecedented influence over the judiciary. The unrest began after Parliament approved the 27th Amendment earlier this week with a two-thirds majority, creating a new federal court empowered to interpret the constitution and hear fundamental rights cases, an authority that had previously rested with the Supreme Court.

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