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♦ President signs 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill into law: Both houses pass Bill in night-long marathon session with two-thirds majority: New law details reforms in judiciary with new chief justice to be chosen from top three senior SC judges: 12-member parliamentary committee to appoint new CJP from three senior-most judges: CJP tenure set at three years: SC benches to be formed for constitutional cases: Apex court’s suo motu powers revoked: Judicial Commission to include four senior judges and four parliament members for judges’ appointment
♦ SC judges in a fix over hearing of cases after passage of 26th Amendment
♦ PTI to probe reasons for some party MPs disappearance
♦ PM praises Mohsin Naqvi for his role in securing consensus on 26th Amendment: Interior Minister congratulates PM Shehbaz Sharif on 26th Amendment approval
♦ Heads of provinces hail 26th Constitutional Amendment as historic milestone: Punjab Governor Saleem and CM Maryam call the Amendment a milestone in national history; CM Murad Ali Shah and Sharjeel Memon praise Bilawal Bhutto for realising Benazir’s dream with the Amendment; Balochistan CM Sarfaraz Bugti congratulates Bilawal Bhutto on passage of the Amendment
♦ SC dismisses PTI's review petition against intra-party election verdict: PTI’s request for larger bench also rejected; PTI's lawyer Hamid Khan withdraws arguments, citing bias against his party; Intra-party elections are the pillar of democracy, says CJP; Justice Mazhar warns of consequences for failing to hold intra-party polls
♦ Ban on meetings with Adiala Jail inmates extended for indefinite time period
♦ Seven Indian labourers shot dead in Occupied Kashmir
♦ Bakhtawar Bhutto gives birth to baby boy
♦ 'Daughter of Punjab – best of all, wise of all' scheme launched
♦ President Erdogan’s rival Gulen dies in US
♦ Senior Israeli commander killed in north Gaza
♦ King Charles heckled by lawmaker at Australian parliament
♦ Mohsin Naqvi off to Dubai for ICC meeting: Vvisits Qaddafi Stadium to review development work