PTI helped govt pass 27th Constitutional Amendment, says Senator Faisal Vawda

ISLAMABAD: Senator Faisal Vawda has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) helped the government in getting the 27th amendment passed.

Speaking in the Senate session, Senator Faisal Vawda said that he congratulates the political parties on the approval of the 27th Amendment.

Those who spoke against the 27th Amendment have been defeated.

He said that the 27th Amendment was passed by the House with a two-thirds majority. The PTI helped the government in getting the amendment passed.

Faisal Vawda said that Saifullah Abro did not do anything wrong and that he voted in the national interest.

The PTI members were putting on a drama that the nation saw today.

SaifUllah Abro voted in favour of 27th Constitutional Amendment

The 27th Constitutional Amendment bill was tabled by Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar in the Senate on Monday for voting after PPP Senator Farooq H Naek presented a report of the joint parliamentary committee on the bill, ABN News reported.

As the bill was presented, members of the opposition parties erupted in protest and staged a walkout while chanting slogans against the government and its coalition parties. Lawmakers tore up copies of the bill and hurled them toward the minister’s table.

Meanwhile, Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani, presiding over the proceedings, read out the amended clauses for voting, which were one by one sailed through the Senate after gaining the support of a two-thirds majority, 64 senators, from the Upper House of the Parliament.

PTI’s Saifullah Abro and JUI’s Ahmed Khan, who reportedly went out of contact with their respective parties, also gave their vote in favour of the Amendment.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senators, on the instructions of the central leadership, boycotted the process while Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam (JUI) remained absent from the proceedings.

After voting, PTI Senator SaifUllah Abro resigned from the Senate following the 27th Amendment controversy.

The Senator resigned from his post after casting a vote in favor of the 27th Constitutional Amendment. The Upper House of Parliament (Senate) has approved all 59 clauses of the 27th Constitutional Amendment by a majority vote.