ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Syed Khurshid Shah has announced that the special committee of the parliament has unanimously approved the draft of the proposed constitutional amendment during its final meeting. The draft will be presented at the cabinet meeting tomorrow.
Khurshid Shah confirmed to the media that the draft was approved with consensus, and notably, the committee reached an agreement to allow overseas Pakistanis to contest elections. However, proposals from some coalition parties were excluded from the draft.
The Awami National Party (ANP) boycotted the meeting, and both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) opposed the draft. ANP’s proposal to rename Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as “Pakhtunkhwa” was dropped from the amendment, prompting ANP leader Aimal Wali Khan’s absence in protest.
Despite the objections, the committee, which included prominent figures like Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Law Minister Nazeer Tarar, and others, moved forward with the joint draft.
