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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Abid Hussain

Why is Pakistan government trying to clip Supreme Court’s powers?

A general view of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in capital Islamabad [File: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan – A new constitutional crisis has emerged in Pakistan, which for months has been engulfed in another political crisis that shows no signs of abating.

On Tuesday, the government presented a bill in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, seeking to limit the powers of the Supreme Court, which, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif alleged, was creating “political instability” in the country.

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