Amendment to increase the retirement age of judges by three years is also part of the package


Islamabad: The document of the proposed constitutional amendment package has been released in which a total of 54 proposals have been included.
According to the draft, it has been proposed to name the Constitutional Court as the Federal Constitutional Court, while the proposal to change the structure of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) is also included in the draft, but the amendment to increase the retirement age of judges by three years is also part of the package.
According to the proposed amendment, the current Chief Election Commissioner will continue to work until the appointment of the new Chief Election Commissioner. The President will appoint the Chief Justice and other Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court. The proposal to ban dual citizenship for judges is also included in the constitutional package.
The amendment further stated that the vote of members crossing the floor would be counted. The Federal Constitutional Court will decide disputes between the federal or provincial governments and all constitutional petitions pending in the Supreme Court will be transferred to the Constitutional Court.

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