ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Senate nowadays endorsed a Constitutional amendment in the hunt for to merge the restive tribal region along the Afghanistan border with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province within the northwest, a day after the historical move used to be overwhelmingly handed by way of the National Assembly.
The 31st constitutional amendment bill used to be moved within the 104-memebr Senate by way of Law Minister Bashir Virk to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after months of delays following disagreements between coalition partners and the opposition over its clauses.
The amendment used to be handed with a 229-1 vote within the National Assembly the day before today, bringing an finish to 150-year-old British-era association.
The bill which needed 69 votes used to be supported by way of 71 Senators while best five members adverse it. The opposition came from Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP).
Another party which adverse used to be Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F). It boycotted the voting on the bill by way of staging a stroll out.
The bill will now be offered within the assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province as it aims to switch the territory of the province by way of merger of tribal region into it.
According to the Constitution, any change within the territory of a province should be handed with two-thirds majority by way of the assembly of the respective province.
It is a race against time as provincial assembly will entire its tenure on May 28 and the bill must be offered and handed sooner than that.
Since Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), which supported the bill within the nationwide parliament, is in majority within the province and also has make stronger of different parties, the merger law is predicted to be handed easily.
Finally, the president will signal the bill handed by way of the federal parliament and provincial legislature to turn into a part of the law.
The semi-autonomous tribal region used to be created by way of British govt as a buffer between India and Afghanistan.
The tribal areas lately consist of 7 districts which stretch along the border with Afghanistan, and turned into identified to the sector because of presence of militants who fled the porous border after the USA forces invaded Afghanistan after nine/11 attack.
Pakistan forces introduced repeated army operation to clear the areas of rebels and dismantle their hideouts which have been used to launch attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The 31st constitutional amendment bill used to be moved within the 104-memebr Senate by way of Law Minister Bashir Virk to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after months of delays following disagreements between coalition partners and the opposition over its clauses.
The amendment used to be handed with a 229-1 vote within the National Assembly the day before today, bringing an finish to 150-year-old British-era association.
The bill which needed 69 votes used to be supported by way of 71 Senators while best five members adverse it. The opposition came from Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP).
Another party which adverse used to be Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F). It boycotted the voting on the bill by way of staging a stroll out.
The bill will now be offered within the assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province as it aims to switch the territory of the province by way of merger of tribal region into it.
According to the Constitution, any change within the territory of a province should be handed with two-thirds majority by way of the assembly of the respective province.
It is a race against time as provincial assembly will entire its tenure on May 28 and the bill must be offered and handed sooner than that.
Since Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), which supported the bill within the nationwide parliament, is in majority within the province and also has make stronger of different parties, the merger law is predicted to be handed easily.
Finally, the president will signal the bill handed by way of the federal parliament and provincial legislature to turn into a part of the law.
The semi-autonomous tribal region used to be created by way of British govt as a buffer between India and Afghanistan.
The tribal areas lately consist of 7 districts which stretch along the border with Afghanistan, and turned into identified to the sector because of presence of militants who fled the porous border after the USA forces invaded Afghanistan after nine/11 attack.
Pakistan forces introduced repeated army operation to clear the areas of rebels and dismantle their hideouts which have been used to launch attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Pakistan Senate votes to merge FATA with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
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