In a major breakthrough, the special parliamentary committee — comprising government and opposition members — has approved the draft for the 26th constitutional amendment, reported 24NewsHD TV channel Friday.
Chairman of the special committee Khursheed Shah said the committee unanimously approved the draft for the proposed constitutional amendments.
According to details, the committee approved the constitutional package containing 36 points with most of the proposed amendments related to the judicial reforms.
According to sources, the committee gave the final approval for constructing the constitutional bench in the Supreme Court.
The draft prepared by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) was approved after the government amended it.
The draft was agreed upon last night at Maulana Fazlur Rehman's residence. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari decided to approve the draft.
Maulana Fazl will convince PTI about the passed draft related to benches.
The government will get the first half of the draft passed by the Parliament tomorrow.