ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The joint meeting of the National Assembly and Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice has ended and will be held again tomorrow at 11 am to discuss the 27th Constitutional Amendments.
After the meeting, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar said that consultations will continue until there is 100 percent agreement.
All political parties have been invited to the meeting for mutual consultation on the 27th Constitutional Amendments.
According to the details, Azam Nazir Tarar said that today all the members have seen the draft amendment, and some questions have been raised by the members.
He said that boycotting JUI is their democratic right.
The in-camera meeting of the joint committee was chaired by Farooq H. Naik. Saira Afzal Tarar, Munza Hassan, Naveed Qamar, Nafeesha Shah, Syed Hafeezuddin, Bilal Azhar, Qasim Gilani, and Zahra Wadood Fatemi participated in the meeting.
Moreover, the government members of the Senate, Anusha Rehman and Khalil Tahir Sindhu, have presented a constitutional amendment in the Senate under which the Prime Minister will be included along with the President in Article 248 of the Constitution.
After the proposed amendment is passed, criminal cases will not be able to be initiated against the Prime Minister during his term.
This amendment has been presented to expand the scope of immunity enjoyed by the President in the current constitutional framework to the Prime Minister.
According to constitutional experts, after the change in Article 248, the Prime Minister will also be protected from legal proceedings during his term of office.
Senator Anusha Rehman said that this step is necessary to better discharge the constitutional and legal responsibilities of the Prime Minister, while Senator Khalil Tahir Sindhu said that the proposed amendment has been introduced to prevent obstruction in the performance and decision-making of the government.
Further discussion on this amendment is expected in the Senate, and the final vote will be taken after approval from the relevant committee.
