20th amendment gets approval from senate

20^th amendment gets approval from senate

Islamabad: (Monday, February 20, 2012) During its session today, the upper house here in Islamabad approved the 20^th constitutional amendment. The amendment will become a part of Pakistan’s constitution after it is signed
by President Asif Ali Zardari.

Enjoying rather a huge support, the said amendment had 74 votes in favour, while only two of the voters decided to oppose it. The bill seeking the amendment had already been unanimously passed by the National Assembly.

Earlier, after getting engaged in thorough discussions, the government and the opposition reached on a consensus on the amendment just before the bill presented before the upper house.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on approval of the bill, congratulated the parliamentarians and said that names of those who approved it would be written in the history.

Noting that the country’s constitution (1973) guaranteed security of the country, PM Gilani said that the general elections will be transparent.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Feb 20 2012. Filed under National, Pakistan, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry