Islamabad, Nov 9 (PTI) Pakistan's joint parliamentary committee of the Senate and National Assembly on Sunday approved the 27th constitutional amendment bill with the opposition alleging that the government was sounding “the death knell for the Supreme Court.” The amendment proposes a change in Article 243, seeking to abolish the 'Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee' and introduce a new 'Chief of Defence Forces.' Other proposals under the same amendment include establishing a Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) and reducing the powers of the Supreme Court.

Senator Farooq Naek of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), who chaired the meeting of the joint parliamentary committee, told the media after it was over that “the meeting unanimously approved the basic draft of the bill.” “There are som

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