{"id":17774,"date":"2025-12-01T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=17774"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:53:57","slug":"bilawal-says-tampering-with-nfc-18th-amendment-is-akin-to-playing-with-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=17774","title":{"rendered":"Bilawal says tampering with NFC, 18th Amendment is akin to ‘playing with fire’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that those who want to undo the 18th Amendment or the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award are \u201cplaying with fire.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Addressing a public rally held in Larkana on the 58th foundation day of the PPP, Bilawal said: \u201cIf there is any power in any amendment after the 1973 Constitution, it is in the 18th Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n

His remarks came days before the National Finance Commission (NFC) meeting scheduled for December 4.<\/p>\n

Referring to the 27th Constitutional Amendment, he said that the PPP recently passed a constitutional tweak in collaboration with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).<\/p>\n

He said the PML-N had sent a delegation proposing a constitutional amendment related to Article 243 of the Constitution and the executive magistracy system. He added that the federal government intended to remove the constitutional protections that the PPP had secured for the provinces.<\/p>\n

He maintained that, due to the PPP, the constitutional protection was not violated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fulfilled the clause of the Charter of Democracy by forming a Constitutional Court and giving equal representation to the provinces,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the PPP itself brings a constitutional amendment, it makes revolutionary legislation,\u201d Bilawal added.<\/p>\n

He maintained that they got an opportunity to abolish the amendment made during the \u201cdictatorial era.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PPP leader hoped that the Constitutional Court would look into the major issues of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Constitutional Court will provide immediate relief to the common people,\u201d Bilawal hoped.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people are trying to make the Constitutional Court controversial,\u201d Bilawal said, adding that the court would prove these people wrong through its role.<\/p>\n

He said that legislation is the job of Parliament, adding that they would not allow any other institution to interfere in the House’s sphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cPPP will not support any decision that weakens the federation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Discussing the country’s overall political situation, Bilawal stated, \u201cThere is a political crisis in the country at the moment, and it has to be addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on the occasion, the PPP chairman lauded the armed forces for their victory during the recent war against India.<\/p>\n

Pakistan downed seven IAF fighter jets, including three Rafales, and dozens of drones. After at least 87 hours, the war between the two nuclear-armed nations ended on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States.<\/p>\n

Bilawal said, \u201cBy shooting down seven Indian aircraft, our Air Force has made Pakistan’s name famous all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enemy is still trying to spread terrorism in the country,\u201d he said, adding that India was adopting conspiratorial methods to destabilise Pakistan.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the security of the country, Bilawal said, \u201cWe all have to fight together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bilawal said that the PPP is the sole political party in the country that does \u201cpositive politics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that those who want to undo the 18th Amendment or the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award are \u201cplaying with fire.\u201d Addressing a public rally held in Larkana on the 58th foundation day of the PPP, Bilawal said: \u201cIf there is any power in any amendment after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[9662,1854,9664,5953,9663],"class_list":["post-17774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-18th-amendment","tag-bilawal-bhutto","tag-fcc-pakistan","tag-nfc-award","tag-provincial-autonomy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17776,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17774\/revisions\/17776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}