UPDATE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS – NOVEMBER 2024

 

This update is meant to identify key developments during the month on Performance of Democratic Institutions in Pakistan with selected high-profile international developments included occasionally.

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In this issue:

  1. Parliament hurriedly passed 6 Bills to increase tenure of Service Chiefs and pack the Superior Courts
  2. Anti-Terrorism Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024 introduced in the National Assembly, which would allow preventive detention of up to three months
  3. JCP, reconstituted under the 26th amendment, appointed Justice Aminuddin Khan as head of the seven-judge SC constitutional bench and Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha to be head of SHC’s constitutional bench
  4. Only 30 Districts in Pakistan remain with Gender Gap exceeding 10% in voter enrolment
  5. SJC reviews the letter from IHC judges alleging interference by intelligence agencies in judicial matters
  6. Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman denies issuing any formal decree or decision labeling VPNs as un-Islamic
  7. Army Chief says spread of false information is a significant challenge
  8. Chaos as PTI’s Final Call Reached the Red Zone
  9. No indication that Imran Khan shall be tried in military courts: UK Foreign Secretary
  10. Election tribunals have resolved only 17% disputes so far
  11. IHC granted bail to Imran Khan in the second Toshakhana case
  12. COAS expressed optimism about Pakistan’s economic recovery
  13. Bushra Bibi claimed Saudi Arabian officials had disapproved of former PM’s visit to Saudi Arabia
  14. Federal Apex Committee of the National Action Plan approves a comprehensive military operation against terrorist organisations
  15. UN Human Rights Committee released its findings on Pakistan
  16. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting on law and order
  17. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah says judiciary is a resilient institution endowed with the ability to rise above shadows of authoritarianism
  18. Prime Minister’s Interactions with COAS
  19. Speaker National Assembly meets Foreign Dignitaries
  20. Chairman Senate meets Foreign Dignitaries
  21. Interactions of COAS with Foreign Dignitaries