PTI Senator Ali Zafar detailed during a Senate session on Sunday five points that he said constituted the fundamental spirit of the 1973 Constitution and warned that altering the \u201cbalance of these five pillars\u201d could lead to \u201cmajor chaos\u201d.<\/p>\n
The session was convened today \u2014 on a Sunday in a rare move \u2014 with a one-point agenda to deliberate on the bill for the 27th Constitutional Amendment.<\/p>\n
The 26-page Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Act, 2025 was tabled in the Senate yesterday amid the opposition\u2019s outcry over the pace and scope of the proposed changes, just hours after its approval by the federal cabinet.<\/p>\n
Senate Chairperson Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani presided over the session today, which began with the House remembering Allama Iqbal on his birth anniversary. Later, the house also passed a resolution in relevance to Iqbal Day.<\/p>\n
During the session, PTI lawmakers had pictures of their party founder Imran Khan placed on their desks. At the beginning of the proceedings, a PTI leader raised an objection, to which Gilani replied that as per his ruling yesterday, the senator could bring his concerns to the Senate chairman\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
\u2018You cannot force a Constitution through bullets\u2019
\nAddressing the upper house of the parliament, PTI Senator Ali Zafar outlined \u201cfive points\u201d that he said formed the basic spirit of the 1973 Constitution and were now being \u201cpunctured\u201d in the proposed 27th Amendment.<\/p>\n
The first, he said, was that Pakistan was a federation with autonomous provinces. Secondly, the elected parliament had authority but was bound to the Constitution. Zafar said the third point was the fundamental rights provided therein, with courts formed to protect and implement them.<\/p>\n
Fourth pillar of the Constitution, he added, was an independent judiciary to protect people\u2019s rights and guarantee democracy, while the fifth one was civilian supremacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you alter this balance of five pillars even slightly through any amendment, the entire Constitution will be shaken and can result in major chaos,\u201d Zafar warned.<\/p>\n
At one point, Senator Sarmad Ali objected to the PTI bringing framed pictures and placards, pointing out that it was against the Senate rules, at which Gilani requested the opposition to refrain from doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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