Report in The Nation, Dec 3, 2023LAHORE – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party announced on Saturday that they have the plans to revisit the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. While speaking to reporters after the party meeting in Lahore, PML-N leaders Rana Sanaullah Khan and Ahsan Iqbal said that the party intends to implement the amendment in its spirits and wants to complete it by introducing further devolution of powers. “The 18th Amendment is…
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Report in Dwn, Nov 13th, 2023LAHORE: Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi has urged President Dr Arif Alvi to represent all the political parties in accordance with the law and the Constitution for fostering unity in the country. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, he said the president’s role was not limited to one party and asked him to speak on behalf of all the political parties. He said if President Alvi…
by Jahanzeb Abbasi in The Express Tribune, Nov 2, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has filed an amended petition in the Supreme Court, seeking the court’s intervention to ensure that the general elections are held within 90 days of the dissolution of the National Assembly, as per the Constitution. The petition contended that the elections in Punjab could not be held as ordered by the Supreme Court on May 14. The petition also challenged the…
By Sohail Khan in The News, Sept 16, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday restored corruption cases against public office holders after striking down some of the amendments made to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999 by the previous coalition government, declaring it against the rights pertaining to public interest enshrined in the Constitution. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsen and Justice…
Report in Pakistan Today, Sept 5, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Lawyers Action Committee (PLAC) on Monday issued a stern warning during a press conference at the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday, indicating their intention to convene an All Pakistan Lawyer’s Convention to launch a nationwide movement. The primary objective of the movement is to demand the complete restoration of and compliance with the Constitution, emphasising that bills not signed or deemed to have been signed…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, August 15, 2023The main Parliamentary Opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has claimed that despite other current issues requiring more attention, President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his Government are prioritising the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution with the underhanded purpose of obtaining the votes of minority communities in an upcoming election. Speaking at a media briefing, SJB National Organiser and Parliamentarian Tissa Attanayake claimed that…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Aug 12, 2023Rebel SLPP MP Prof. Channa Jayasumana yesterday (11) said that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should make his position clear on his successor Ranil Wickremesinghe’s move to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Reiterating his strong opposition to President Wickremesinghe’s controversial plan, the Anuradhapura District MP stressed that Gotabaya Rajapaksa couldn’t keep silent as the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government embarked on a strategy inimical to national interests. Prof.…
By Saman Indrajith in The Islad, Aug 10, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called for the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to resolve the country’s crises. Making a special statement to Parliament, the President said that there were various issues pertaining to the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. “We have to resolve these issues to move forward as a country,” he said. Thanking everyone who had attended an all-…
report in Daily Mirror online, Aug 9, 2023The implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution should be done in a way that suits the nation’s growth and future, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. Addressing parliament, he said achieving this requires a consensus among all parliament members through comprehensive and open-minded deliberations. President Wickremesinghe highlighted that the 13th Amendment, which oversees the decentralization of power to provincial councils, holds the utmost legal significance in the…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, July 24, 2023Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) will not participate the in the planned all-party conference this week (26) to discuss the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, the party said yesterday (23), claiming that the efforts taken by the incumbent Government will not bear fruit as it is a move to deceive people. The all-party conference is to be convened by President Ranil Wickremesinghe following his…
edit in The Morning, July 21, 2023 Despite having dealt with the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government led armed forces almost 1.5 decades ago, beggar’s wound – the debates on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution has become, does not show promising signs of getting resolved anytime soon. Politicians from the North and the East want the 13th Amendment,which has remained a part of the country’s Constitution for…