18th Amendment passed in parliament
The controversial 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which removes the restriction on the number of terms allowed for the president to seek re election and replaces the constitutional council with a parliamentary council, was passed yesterday in parliament with 161 voting for and 17 against.
The political parties, which had written dissenting notes on the 18th Amendment draft, are likely to present amendments when the Parliament would take up the proposed bill for legislation, parliamentary sources informed on Tuesday.