President Zardari has signed the 26th Constitutional Amendment Act into law, and the NA Secretariat has issued a gazette notification. The Amendment, which was passed with a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the NA, has now been enacted into law.
صدرِ مملکت آصف علی زرداری نے 26ویں آئینی ترمیم پر دستخط کر دیئے، قومی اسمبلی سیکرٹریٹ نے گزٹ نوٹیفکیشن جاری کر دیا، سینیٹ اور قومی اسمبلی سے دو تہائی اکثریت کے ساتھ منظور ہونے والی 26ویں آئینی ترمیم بطور قانون نافذ العمل ہو گئی۔
سینیٹ میں آرمی ایکٹ 1952 میں ترامیم کا بل کثرتِ رائے سے منظور کر لیا گیا، گیارہ صفحات پر مشتمل بل وفاقی وزیرِ دفاع خواجہ محمد آصف نے پیش کیا جس میں حاضر سروس اور ریٹائرڈ فوجیوں کیلئے فوج کو بدنام کرنے یا نفرت پھیلانے پر سزائیں تجویز کی گئی ہیں۔
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