Govt set to introduce constitutional package today

The federal government’s highly anticipated Constitutional Package which includes significant judicial reforms, including increasing the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges, is set to be introduced in parliament today.

Although the government has kept quiet on the exact details of the proposed amendments, it has been working hard to achieve the votes required to pass the constitutional amendment.

Dawn News reported that it is uncertain whether the ruling coalition has secured the magic number—around 224 votes out of a total of 335 members in the national assembly—to pass the legislation.

However, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, while talking to journalists yesterday, said, “We have completed the number game in the lower house of parliament.”

Geo News reported that the government intends to increase the retirement age of Supreme Court judges to 68, with the retirement age of other high court judges also increased to 65.

Sessions of both parliamentary houses have been summoned this evening with only an hour’s gap.