Following weeks of upheaval, the coalition government on Sunday finally passed the controversial 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the Senate, hours after it was approved by the federal cabinet. The bill is now expected to be passed by the National Assembly to enact it into law.
The bill, dubbed the Constitutional Package, proposes a set of constitutional amendments, including but not limited to the tenure and appointment of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) and the evaluation of judges’ performances.