The National Assembly on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment, proposed by Jamshed Dasti, seeking to increase the age limit of retirement for Chief Justice of Pakistan to 67 years. MNA Jamshed Dasti proposed that an amendment be made to the Constitution of Pakistan raising the current retirement age limit of 65 by two years. However, the House rejected the proposed amendment with a majority vote. Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is retiring next month.

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