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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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The Senate is set to vote again on the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill today after the session begins at 11am, to approve the changes made to the draft earlier approved by the upper house. A day earlier, the National Assembly passed the amendment bill that seeks to change the judicial structure and military command, with 234 votes in favour and four against amid opposition’s walkout. It included eight amendments — not part of the Senate-approved previous version — aimed at clarifying the chief justice’s position. The amended bill fine-tunes the structure of…

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ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said Afghanistan’s decision to seek alternative trade routes would ultimately benefit Pakistan by reducing cross-border traffic, limiting terror infiltration, and improving border management. Asif was responding to remarks by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the interim deputy prime minister for economic affairs, who had urged Afghan traders to end reliance on Pakistan and explore alternative trade routes. “This is Afghanistan’s internal matter. They can trade wherever they find cheaper routes — Iran, Turkiye, Turkmenistan or India,” Asif told Geo News, adding that the decision would…

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