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Political Storm Erupts as PML-N Seeks PPP Support for Controversial 27th Constitutional Amendment

By The South Asia Times

ISLAMABAD - A major political debate has erupted after Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari revealed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, leading a PML-N delegation, met with him and president Asif Ali Zardari to seek PPP’s support for a proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment.

According to Bilawal, the proposal includes establishing a Constitutional Court, restoring executive magistrates, reassigning powers over education and population planning to the federation, modifying Article 243 related to military appointments, removing provincial protection in the NFC Award, and breaking the deadlock over the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) appointments.

Bilawal announced that the PPP Central Executive Committee (CEC) will meet on November 6, after the return of the President from Doha, to decide the party’s policy on the issue.

The proposed amendment has drawn sharp criticism from across the political spectrum. Prominent journalist Tahir Khan wrote that the public expects the PPP to uphold democratic values and resist any move that undermines constitutional integrity.

Former Lahore High Court judge Justice (R) Shahid Jamil Khan termed the move an assault on democracy, saying that “this Parliament does not represent the will of the people” and warned that “future generations will remember those who dismantled the basic features of the 1973 Constitution.”

Similarly, former PPP senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar said the current Parliament “has no legitimacy,” and that any law passed “carries no moral standing in the eyes of the public.”

Senior PPP leader Raza Rabbani also opposed the proposal, calling it a direct attack on provincial autonomy and rejecting any rollback of the 18th Constitutional Amendment.

Political observers believe the proposed changes could trigger strong reactions from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where provincial governments are expected to resist any attempt to curtail their constitutional powers.

Political Storm Erupts as PML-N Seeks PPP Support for Controversial 27th Constitutional Amendment

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