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The Senate approved four bills on Friday, three concerning the armed forces, a day after the National Assembly passed them with a majority vote. The bills include the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2025. The bills redefine institutional roles and bring multiple laws in line with the 27th Constitutional Amendment. Central to these changes is the recommencement of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir’s five-year…

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ISLAMABAD: Justice Aminuddin Khan on Friday was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the newly formed Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) under the 27th Constitutional Amendment. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to Justice Aminuddin at the Aiwan-e-Sadar today, a day after he approved his appointment to the key post on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The president made the appointment under clause (3) of Article 175-A, read with Article 175-C of the Constitution. It added that it would come into effect from the date that Justice…

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ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday dismissed the resignation letters of two Supreme Court judges as “political statements,” saying their remarks amounted to unconstitutional allegations rather than judicial dissent. SC’s senior puisne judge Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah have tendered their resignations, saying they cannot serve after the passing of the 27th Constitutional Amendment. “By fracturing the unity of the nation’s apex court, it has crippled judicial independence and integrity, pushing the country back by decades,” Shah wrote in his resignation. Speaking to the media, Rana Sanaullah, Special…

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United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) Director General Graeme Biggar called on Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday and discussed strengthening cooperation on security and law enforcement. The meeting, held in Islamabad, was also attended by British High Commissioner Jane Marriott, National Counter Terrorism Authority’s (Nacta) national coordinator, director generals of National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA), National Forensics Agency, additional secretary interior, Islamabad chief commissioner, and Inspector General of Islamabad Police. Both sides held detailed discussions on strengthening collaboration in counter-terrorism, narcotics control, human trafficking prevention, forensic sciences, immigration,…

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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice on Thursday notified the appointment of Justice Aminuddin Khan as the first Chief Justice of the newly-established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). The notification was issued shortly after President Asif Ali Zardari approved his appointment on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, read a statement issued, hours after he gave his assent to the 27th Constitutional Amendment. A notification from the law ministry said President Zardari made the appointment under clause (3) of Article 175-A, read with Article 175-C of the Constitution. It…

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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah have resigned, Geo News reported on Thursday. Both the judges have forwarded their resignations — copies of which are available with Geo News — to President Asif Ali Zardari following the enactment of the much-touted 27th Constitutional Amendment. In his 13-page-long resignation, Justice Shah termed the amendment as “a grave assault on the Constitution of Pakistan”, which “dismantles the Supreme Court of Pakistan, subjugates the judiciary to executive control, and strikes at the very heart of our constitutional democracy”. “By fracturing the unity…

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President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday signed into law the 27th Constitutional Amendment following its passage by the Parliament. With the president’s signature, the amendment has now officially become part of the Constitution. “The Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2025 is assented to, as advised by the Prime Minister [Shehbaz Sharif], at Para-5 of the Summary,” read a notification issued by the President’s House. The development came hours after the Senate approved the amendment bill following changes approved by the National Assembly a day earlier, amid noisy protest by the opposition.…

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Deputy Prime Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Thursday defended two opposition lawmakers who voted in favour of the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill, saying their decision reflected the “voice of conscience” rather than party defection. The Senate has once again passed the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill with a majority of 64 votes, with the changes approved by the National Assembly a day earlier, amid a noisy protest by the opposition. The government’s legislation once again secured support from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Saifullah Abro and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s Ahmad Khan, who had also voted…

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