Constitutional Amendment Bill to be presented in Senate today
PPP's four conditions were approved by the authorities to take support of it.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017 will be presented in Senate today (Monday) after Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) expressed support to delimitation act.
According to details, PPP’s four conditions were approved by the authorities due to which it decided to back the bill.
The Upper House will meet at 3:00p.m while the session of the Lower House will begin at 4:00 p.m. Both the Houses will also discuss important matters of national and international importance, besides legislative business.
Also Read: NA passes amendment regarding delimitation of constituencies
Earlier, NA passed the constitutional Amendment Bill 2017 with two third majority in meeting held under the supervision of Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. The bill seeks delimitation of constituencies based on census result.
242 members of the National Assembly voted in the favor of the bill with the opposition of just one member.
According to the bill, 272 seats of National Assembly will remain intact but nine seats belonging to Punjab will be reduced while five seats will be added to the National Assembly for KPK.
Additionally, three seats in NA have been increased for Balochistan while one more seat has been added for Islamabad.
