ISLAMABAD: 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill has sailed through NA here on Wednesday (12th Nov, 2025) as opposition members walked out.
According to the new bill that was passed with 234 votes: i) Chief of Army Staff to assume role as Chief of Defence Forces; ii) Field Marshal, Marshal of Air Force, Admiral of Fleet titles to remain for life; iii) Incumbent chief justice to remain CJP until completion of current term; iv) Senior-most among SC CJ and FCC CJ will be designated Chief Justice of Pakistan; v) Federal Constitutional Court to be established;
vi) Equal provincial representation approved in Federal Constitutional Court; vii) FCC empowered to take suo motu notice upon petitions; viii) President and PM to play a key role in judicial appointments; Presidential immunity limited if president assumes any public office after tenure; Judicial Commission to decide transfer of high court judges; Objections on transfers to be reviewed by SJC.
Speaking on the occasion PPP Chairman held: “We have witnessed prime ministers and ministers being humiliated under the pretext of suo motu. The judiciary even used this authority to regulate the prices of tomatoes and potatoes.
“We have seen a Chief Justice use this power to initiate a dam project. But from now on, there will be no suo motu...This time, through the 27th Amendment, we are establishing a proper constitutional court.”
“We may have political or ideological differences, but the entire nation must unite against terrorism,” he said, while harboring on the issue.
PTI, on Sat (8th Nov, 2025), maintaining that the 27th Amendment Bill was a conspiracy against the Constitution, refused to discuss it. According to PTI, any change to the Constitution must come through national consensus and not by means of clandestine executive orders.
Nevertheless, PTI Senator Ali Zafar speaking during the Senate’s session said: “We can sit and think. There are a lot of options how to reduce the pendency of cases. We are ready to talk with you to consider amendments that will benefit the people, but we will not tolerate that you harm the public…
“When you make any change in the Constitution, it is equal to tampering with the foundation of a building, and if you make any mistake, the entire building can collapse...You cannot force a Constitution through bullets…Respect the mandate of the people and kindly do not vote for this amendment.”
Senate took to the X to inform: “A joint meeting of the Senate and National Assembly Committees on Law & Justice, co-chaired by Senator Farooq H. Naek and Chaudhry Mahmood Bashir Virk, MNA, was held to consider the Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2025. Deliberations to continue tomorrow.”
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