Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has disclosed plans to challenge the newly passed 26th constitutional amendment. Addressing a press conference, he alleged that a conspiracy was going on for a long time to attack and influence the judiciary. Hafiz Naeem disclosed that they were considering legal mechanisms and moving to the Supreme Court to challenge the 26th amendment in the constitution. He hailed the PTI move to boycott the amendment saying some opposition members did vote in support of the amendment under the influence of horse trading. Parliamentarians who hardly secured seats and won elections had made the amendment, Naeem criticised.

JI emir berated the Punjab government for giving relief to the public only for two months. The National Assembly on Sunday night passed the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill, with 225 votes in its favour amid PTI parliamentarians' walkout in protest against the bill. Earlier, the Senate passed the bill with 65 members voting in favour of the amendment, while four members opposed it. The bill proposes a series of constitutional amendments, including setting a three-year fixed term for the chief justice, establishing constitutional benches, restructuring the Supreme Judicial Council, and forming a Special Parliamentary Committee to recommend names from among the three senior-most judges of the apex court for the chief justice's appointment.

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