Amendments to be made in constitution for curbing floor crossing.

ISLAMABAD, November 13, 2009 (Frontier Star): Parliamentary committee for constitutional reforms has agreed in principle to make article 63 of the constitution more stringent to curb floor crossing besides deciding to set time frame to declare any parliamentarian disqualified if he changes his loyalties. The committee met here Friday under its chairman senator Raza Rabbani in parliament house. Babar Awan, Naveed Qamar, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Waseem Sajjad, S.M. Zafar, Ishaq Dar and others attended the meeting. Sources told the committee reviewed articles 60 and 63 of the constitution at length and sought proposals from all the members. The committee, in consultation with other members decided to introduce amendment in article 63 of the constitution providing for disqualification of member of parliament in the event of floor crossing. Sources told some members of the committee demanded the assignment entrusted to the committee be finalized as soon as possible as the whole nation had set eyes on the committee's proceedings. A package be evolved and handed over to government so that the constitution could be restored in its genuine form, they stressed.

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