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PML-N objects to committee mandate

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Daily Times, Pakistan, Thursday, June 25, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary committee on constitutional reforms has suffered its first setback without a single meeting, with the PML-N demanding a change in its nomenclature, and a limiting of its mandate. Speaking on a point of order, PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal said the committee should be restricted to working only on repealing the 17th amendment.
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Fehmida unveils special committee of parliament

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The News International, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 24, 2009
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza on Tuesday unveiled the 27-member Special Committee of Parliament on Constitutional Reforms.

Addressing a press conference at the Parliament House here, she said the body had been announced after consulting all the parliamentary leaders of the 15 political parties having representation in both houses of parliament.

The committee would finalise the recommendations of political parties for constitutional reforms, including repeal of the 17th Amendment, under the scope of the Charter of Democracy, the speaker said.
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