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had discussed with the special committee on 11th, 12th
and 13th meetings.
In
the
end,
the
Fifteenth
Amendment
was
published in the official gazette on 3rd July, 2011.
The
special
finalizing
committee
the
took
amendment.
about
one
Therefore,
year
we
in
find
substance in the submission of Mr. M.I. Farooqui that
the
Parliament
Amendment
by
substituted
the
the
Constitution
entire
Fifteenth
Chapter
on
the
Supreme Court particularly retaining the old article
96. Mr. Farooqui’s submission lends support from the
amending Act itself. In section 31 of the Fifteenth
Amendment Act, it is stated “pw¢hd¡−el 96 Ae¤−µR−cl f¢lh−aÑ ¢ejÀl©f 96
Ae¤−µRc fË¢aÙÛ¡¢fa qC−h kb¡,..“ that is to say, the Parliament
substituted clauses (2) to (7) of article 96 verbatim
which
was
inserted
by
the
Constitution
Fifth
Amendment.
Therefore, I find no merit in the contention of
the learned Attorney General that as the amendment
was made hurriedly, the amendment of article 96 was
left out through oversight by the Law Minister. It is
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