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How would Pakistan’s 27th Amendment reshape its military and courts?

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Senate on Monday approved a constitutional amendment that aims to bring sweeping changes to the country’s judicial system and to the military’s command structure amid ...
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Opposition sees red over 27th amendment

Opposition lawmakers on Wednesday came out all guns blazing in the National Assembly against the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment, which has stirred up a political storm in the country at a time ...
The Diplomat

27th Amendment to Pakistan’s Constitution on the Anvil

The amendment is likely to pass as the ruling coalition has the necessary two-thirds majority in both houses of Parliament. Pakistan’s government is planning to present the 27th constitutional ...
The Express Tribune

Amnesty warns 27th Amendment undermines judicial independence, urges review

Amnesty International has said that Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment was part of a “concerted and sustained attack on the independence of the judiciary, right to fair trial and the rule of law ...
Dawn

Amnesty says 27th Amendment part of ‘sustained attack’ on judicial independence, calls for ‘urgent review’

Human rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday said the 27th Constitutional Amendment was the “crescendo of a concerted and sustained attack on the independence of the judiciary, right to fair ...
Dawn

Amnesty calls for urgent review of 27th Amendment

KARACHI: Describing the 27th Amendment as “a concerted and sustained attack” on the independence of the judiciary, Amnesty International on Tuesday highlighted the need for an urgent review of the ...