ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Tuesday that the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill will be first presented in the Senate by the government and assured that the legislation would follow all constitutional procedures and consultation would be made with the coalition partners.
Dar, while speaking to the Senate session, said that it is necessary to appoint the Leader of the Opposition and that the government has no objection to the process.
“The 27th Constitutional Amendment is coming soon and will be tabled in the Houses as per the Constitution. The government is taking its partners, i.e. MQM and ANP, into confidence and solving the problems of their reservations,” he said.
Dar promised Senator Ali Zafar that the House would have a full debate on the amendment and that the proposal would be first introduced in the Senate before going ahead with the changes. “There is a proper procedure for legislation. The amendment will also come to the relevant standing committees through a normal route it won’t be here by a shortcut,” he explained.
The deputy prime minister pointed out, in addition, that before finalizing the draft, they would seek the views of the law courts and other interested parties.
While talking about the recent statement of Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Dar said Bilawal has every right to his political views. “He was not speaking out of the blue; our meetings have brought us to a common understanding,” he said.
Ishaq Dar, while referring to the government’s past counterterrorism efforts, remembered that between 2013 and 2014, when terrorism was at its worst, yet money was provided and operations were carried out despite the lack of money. “We did the war on terror bravely, even in hard times, we made provision for money,” he stated.
Ishaq Dar: 27th Amendment Bill will follow constitutional procedure
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Tuesday that the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill will be first presented in the Senate by the government and assured that the legislation would follow all constitutional procedures and consultation would be made with the coalition partners.
Dar, while speaking to the Senate session, said that it is necessary to appoint the Leader of the Opposition and that the government has no objection to the process.
“The 27th Constitutional Amendment is coming soon and will be tabled in the Houses as per the Constitution. The government is taking its partners, i.e. MQM and ANP, into confidence and solving the problems of their reservations,” he said.
Dar promised Senator Ali Zafar that the House would have a full debate on the amendment and that the proposal would be first introduced in the Senate before going ahead with the changes. “There is a proper procedure for legislation. The amendment will also come to the relevant standing committees through a normal route it won’t be here by a shortcut,” he explained.
The deputy prime minister pointed out, in addition, that before finalizing the draft, they would seek the views of the law courts and other interested parties.
While talking about the recent statement of Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Dar said Bilawal has every right to his political views. “He was not speaking out of the blue; our meetings have brought us to a common understanding,” he said.
Ishaq Dar, while referring to the government’s past counterterrorism efforts, remembered that between 2013 and 2014, when terrorism was at its worst, yet money was provided and operations were carried out despite the lack of money. “We did the war on terror bravely, even in hard times, we made provision for money,” he stated.
