A New Path

Setbacks or not, the government appears determined to achieve its goal of amending the Constitution, particularly to alter the judiciary’s functioning and the decision-making processes of the senior judiciary. After failing to secure the necessary votes in Parliament, partly due to tough negotiations led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the government has now found an unexpected ally—the Supreme Court itself, which seems to be accelerating the changes that will impact its own........

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