A deadlock between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led federal government and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) persisted on Friday over the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment, with the PPP refusing to endorse several key clauses.
During the second day of its Central Executive Committee meeting, the PPP reiterated its opposition to most provisions of the draft amendment, agreeing only to the proposed changes in Article 243, which concerns appointments in the armed forces. Following PPP’s stance, the government postponed today’s federal cabinet meeting, initially scheduled to approve the draft.
A day earlier, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said his party rejected any proposal that altered provincial autonomy or the NFC Award formula, stressing equal representation for all four provinces in the proposed Constitutional Court.
