Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zain Qureshi stated that he had not voted in favor of the 26th constitutional amendment. In a video statement issued following the approval of the constitutional package in the parliament, Qureshi asserted: “Propaganda is being done against me over the matter.” “I would like to assure the PTI leadership and masses of my constituency that I cannot even imagine voting in favor of this constitutional package,” he maintained. Meanwhile, Opposition Leader in National Assembly Omar Ayub asserted that the constitutional amendment is an attempt to "weaken" the judiciary.

Expressing his thoughts during the NA session in the wee hours of Monday, Ayub said: "Intezar Panjotha to date is missing. Riaz Fatyana's son had been abducted twice." Ayub lamented: “Why not the constitutional amendment could be passed on October 31?" Was the country would have closed if the amendment passed subsequently?” “The constitutional amendment’s draft should have been dispatched to the standing committee and law and justice,” he stated.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan